We were told lluil at IJow Rixer all we had to do was 

 to throw in our fish lines, and with any sort of a fly we 

 could catch all the speckled trout we could handle, and 

 that Morley was the point on the I>ow which ^ave the 

 best results; but — how often these "buts" come in to 

 upset trout-fishing calculation, and this particular "but" 

 did it effectually — a roadniaster on the Canadian Pacific 

 had been drowned in the treacherous current antl the 

 authorities, hoping to briuL; his boily to the surface, 

 exploded d\naniite in all the pools iip and cUnvn the 

 river for five miles. These explosions, though they did 



not raise the ])ody, certaiidy did raise the d 1 with the 



fish, killing nearly all of them. And thus, once more our 

 fond hopes and fancy of hauling in the speckled beauties 

 on ovir se\-en-ouiice rods were scattered to the winds. 

 After a whole day's tlirowing and coaxing with all sorts 

 of flies, minnows and bait we succeeded in landing only a 

 paltry dozen or so. 



Ten persons having lost their lives in the river near 

 here within a few months, the ranchers, cowboys and even 

 the Indians hold it very much in awe. The water is icy 

 cold, from the melting snow and ice rushing down from 

 the Rocky Mountains; the current is swift, full of eddies, 

 rapids and whirlpools; and the stone on the bottom slip- 

 pery as an eel. Woe betide the man who shonld lose his 

 footing in fording or get over head in it in any shape; his 

 chances of getting out would be slim indeed. 



We arrived in P>anff early in the morning and slipped 

 out before breakfast to see the town and spy out the 

 points of attraction which the Canadian Pacific has set 

 such store b}'. The ttnvn i> nil — nein — nix. A few log 



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