THE KELTS 



HOULD my friends be unfortunate 

 enough to hook a kelt, or " slink," as 

 they are more familiarly called by 

 Cascapedia natives, do not allow the 

 canoemen, especially if it be your first fish, to im- 

 pose on you this long, thin, attenuated-looking 

 creature and gaff him for a bright salmon. If you 

 do, there will come over you, while you are being 

 poled up the river in the twilight, a feeling of 

 doubt and disappointment about the wonderful 

 tales you have heard of this bright, leaping fish. 

 But the men will say : " Why, he 's all right ! 

 That 's a nice salmon, only a little thin ! " and will 

 prevail on you to take it to camp to show your 

 friends what a beauty you have killed. Do not let 

 them play the joke. It is a little trick of theirs 

 that they practise on the beginner. 



Kelt is a name given to the salmon which have 

 remained in the river all winter, and, when the ice 

 melts in the spring, come down on their way to the 

 sea. At this time they are very poor and thin, but 



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