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will not rise, though in the same pool I tilled my 20lb- 

 fish of last year. 



We drire home to the village. 'Tis a day to Be 

 remembered, and which will not be forgotten while me- 

 mory lasts. v 



The following little incident, which occurred on the 

 Murray Eiver, may not prove uninteresting j — 



We had been given to understand that spearing was 

 carried on almost every night, and the principal place 

 where the fish were taken was at the Chute ; where, if the 

 river is low, the fish have to remain untill it swells, they 

 are then enabled to proceed on their upward course. Here 

 was the poacher's favourite spot ; here, night after night, 

 was the pool emptied- 



Fishing one evening with a friend at the Chute, my 

 gentleman came polling up the river in his canoe — our boy 

 pointed him out as the p&cheur au flambeau, fortunately 

 my friend had a copy of the lately passed Act, forbidding 

 the spearing of Salmon, in his pocket ; he crossed the 

 river, and held a parley with Master Liike, telling him it 

 was unlawful to fish with the spear ; that having heard he 

 was in the habit of doing so (I had seen him spear three 

 fish the night before, and had cautioned him myself,) he 

 warned him, that should he continue the practice, , he. 

 would be summoned before the- magistrates and fined. — 

 This information was received with a very ill grace, and a 

 determination expressed to fish when and how he liked ; 

 with a threat to any one who should attempt to prevent 

 him. 



We continued our fishing till dusk, and were about to 

 up rods and away, when a short distance on the opposite 



