80 OBSERVATIONS ON A SALMON RIVER 



twin flower (Linnsea borealis) or the white 

 shinleaf (Pyrola elliptica) and in the damp 

 places moss and ferns filled the spaces be- 

 tween the bushes. 



There is an acre of cleared land at Middle 

 Camp ; here the grass was full of forget-me- 

 nots run wild. These flowers have spread 

 along the river from a small flower bed 

 planted in front of the house some years ago. 



When I arrived I found the Camp occu- 

 pied by two members of the Club who were 

 busy fishing the best water of the Grand 

 Cascapedia River. They proposed to move 

 up-stream the following morning and the 

 fishing was then to be mine for three days. 



I sat on the porch all the evening watch- 

 ing the celebrated " 424 " pool which is just 

 in front of the house. 



This pool was named by an angler in the 

 dim past who succeeded one afternoon in 

 taking four salmon there, each of which 

 weighed exactly 24 pounds. It is a good 

 pool and affords great sport. On one occa- 

 sion I was fortunate there also, for I rose 



