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Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, to upland Penn- 
sylvania. 
The fishing at the Sault St. Marie is difficult, because 
itis practiced from that, to one unaccustomed to its use, 
most ticklish of all vessels, a birch-bark canoe, poled by 
an Indian up the foaming rapids, or guided down them, 
and held steady from time to time in the most favorable 
spots. Where, however, the angler is so well accustomed 
to his conveyance as to be able to balance his body 
without bracing it, and move his arms without danger 
of upsetting the canoe, the sport is admirable, the scene 
enchanting, and the fun vastly enhanced by the touch . 
of romance and possibility of danger, which, however, 
with a good Indian at the pole or paddle, amounts to no 
more at most than a possibility. The best rod to use in 
this powerful and tumultuous torrent is a tolerably stiff 
fourteen foot fly-rod; the water isso much broken, that 
tackle may be used which, from its coarseness, would be 
quite out of the question in fine and clear waters; and 
the most killing flies are large and moderately gaudy 
lake flies. Such as are used on the Irish lakes I prefer 
to the very fancy-colored flies which are often used on 
the Hamilton county waters, and the very best assort- 
ment of these I have ever seen, were tied by my friend 
“ Dinks,” of Canada West, who has proved them mur- 
derous in that locale. 
It must, of course, be evident, that in a paper limited 
in length such as this, it is utterly impossible to go at 
