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77te Story 

 of Kopseep 



of the strong rush of water against the farther 

 bank. Spite of you he surges into it; then, 

 feeling the full power of the flood, he starts 

 straight clown like an express train for the 

 distant sea. After him you go, splashing like 

 a startled moose through the pools, jumping 

 the rocks like a goat, down, down through 

 the rapids, with a heavy side pull — for you 

 are getting desperate — at every turn of the 

 river, till with a sigh of immense satisfaction 

 you lead him out of the current into a still, 

 deep reach of the river. And here the fight 

 begins all over again. 



Up to the present moment every chance 

 in the unequal struggle was in the salmon's 

 favor; but now you venture a wee, small 

 hope that you may get him. Down below 

 are some heavy rapids where you can neither 

 follow nor hold your fish; so for half an hour 

 you coax and humor and bully him, letting 

 him have his own way when he is heading 

 where you want him to go, but straining 

 your light tackle to the breaking point to turn 



him away from the rapids. Then a great 

 ."_ - rz silver side rolls up 



