The Evening of Aug. i, 1895. 95 



more than the German maiden objects to 

 the duel marks on the cheeks of her lover ; 

 but it was necessary for him to drive away 

 a ridiculous little parr and two or three 

 rivals, one of which locked jaws with him 

 and did not let go until he had damaged 

 his kipper hook. 



This year the scarred old veteran came 

 up from the Gulf three weeks ago, but he 

 waited in brackish water below the first 

 rapid for a week until the temperature of 

 the river had risen to 50, and then in the 

 first pool he did not feel much like jump- 

 ing for exercise or at passing flies until 

 the water was several degrees warmer yet. 

 It is hard for a salmon to keep quiet for 

 a very long time though, and one need 

 not stand by a pool many minutes to learn 

 if salmon are there or not. 



I did not care particularly to catch this 

 fine old fish just now because we had had 

 sport enough for one day. First I hooked 

 an enormous salmon that sulked at the 

 bottom for two hours, in spite of all my 

 efforts to move him ; and then when he 

 was beginning to tire, the hook came away 



