can stop the canoe the salmon has passed us on his 

 way up-stream, rejoicing in having severed tin* 

 leader. 



"Go, then," I cry, "and tell thy companions 

 thou didst win a costly leader and fine feathers at 

 the battle of De Winton's." 



" Oh, what a shame ! " exclaims Napoleon. " How 

 <li<l it happen!" 



" Cut by one of the little devils beneath," I re- 

 ply, " which go rolling along during the freshet" 



Another salmon is hooked and lost in the same 

 pool Wearying of such sport, we pull up traps 

 and proceed leisurely up the river to find some 

 shady spot where we may enjoy our midday meal 

 and recover from the morning's disappointment 



" How would you like a trout for luncheon to- 

 day, Napoleon T" 



" Nothing you could give me would please me 

 more ; but how can we get one f " 



" Easy enough," I replied. " Stand on the edge 

 of yonder ledge and cast a little to the right of the 

 eddy, and before the fire with which we shall cook 

 him is kindled you shall pull one forth which shall 

 surpass in size * twenty-one inches and whose 

 belly,' like Izaak Walton's trout, * shall look some 

 part of it as yellow as a marigold, a part of it as 

 white as a lily.' " 



Napoleon casts and quickly lands a four-pounder. 

 Did I not tell you? What would good Wal- 



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