under nor jump over the obstacle, he had gone 



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down the coast with a few of his fellows and __ __ 



run up a new stream, contrary to the habits -^ 



of all salmon, which in general run up only ^vJ23^f\JjjT^ 



the rivers in which they are born. Another 



season, when he was heavier and lazier than 



usual, he had ascended the river only as far 



as the first rapids, just above tide-water. 



There, with a dozen unusually large fish, he 



spent a month playing idly and sleeping, 



as salmon often do. And when you hooked 



one of these big fellows he bolted headlong 



down the river, and either smashed your 



tackle, or, if you were quick enough to leap 



into your canoe — for they never stopped 



or sulked like other salmon — he took you 



swiftly out through the breakers, and you 



had the rare experience of playing a salmon 



in the open sea. 



This year Kopseep has come up leisurely 



as far as the pool below the falls; and this is 



as far as he will ever get, if our tackle holds 



and he still keeps on rising at pretty things 



that the current sweeps over him. See ! there 



he is, a monster salmon, plunging out of the 



