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ty rods above, but I turned him, when he went down stream 
much faster than it was convenient for me to follow; but he 
stopped to rest where I hooked him, and glad enough was I, 
for the morning was oppressively warm, and my rest had not 
been of the most refreshing kind during the previous night. 
Here I began to eall loudly for a gaffer, and presently I saw 
the doctor’s demijohn form approaching with a gaff, and 
closely following was the general. By the time they arrived 
my friend had concluded to return to sea, and started; but 
he soon found a resting-place, and, while playing him here, 
the general insisted so strongly against playing him too gen- 
tly that I put a little more stress on the line. The fish rol- 
licked around the pool, and showed his whole size and bean- 
ty, when my friends judged that he would weigh over thirty 
pounds. I thought so too, and played with great care. But 
the salmon became impatient of restraint, and started. He 
had not darted more than a hundred feet before the hook 
sprang back to me, and he went on his way rejoicing, while 
my friends returned to the tents. 
Tfelt as if I needed a strong glass of lemonade with a stick 
in it to sustain me; but, being strictly temperate—that morn- 
p=) 
ing—I sauntered back to the point above the eddy where I 
had hooked my recently-departed friend. There T examined 
the fly and hook with care, and found it seeundwn artem, 
After becoming sufficiently rested, I made a cast, and at once 
hooked another salmon about the same size as the one which 
had just unhooked. On realizing that my fish was on, with 
a slight jerk I fastened the hook, in order to play him ginger- 
ly if he wanted to “ gallivant and cavort” some. Two or three 
times he revealed his enormous size and great symmetry, so 
that I felt quite sure I had hooked the mate of the first one. 
This also remained half an hour trying small tricks about the 
pool, when all at once he dashed away across the current, 
and, on rising to the surface, [ distinctly saw the line wound 
three times round him. After this he plunged and leaped 
up, down, and across the river, until he liberated himself, and 
