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ested in the capture of trout in the shoal 

 water. Then there were partridges, really 

 wood grouse, very tame, and unmolested by 

 us, as we were there during the breeding 

 season. Large kingfishers had their homes 

 in the steep sandbanks, and gave a note not 

 unlike that of their Australian relative, the 

 " laughing jackass." Woodpeckers were 

 common, and their holes were noticeable on 

 the trunks of many of the decayed or partly 

 dead trees. After dark the night- jars made 

 themselves heard; the hurtling sound of 

 their flight as they swooped unseen across 

 some forest clearing was indescribably weird 

 and ghostlike. 



In my brief enumeration of the animals 

 which frequented the Cascapedia I see that 

 I have forgotten to mention the insects. 

 These are by no means a negligible quantity. 

 Mosquitoes, black flies, and sand-flies are a 

 formidable triple alliance. I suffered less 

 than most of us, and sand-flies, although 

 maddening, are, I think, not more madden- 

 ing than Scotch or Irish midges; but to most 



