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and one of the Indians seized the landing net 
and sprang into tlie water waist-deep. He made 
a lunge at the salmon with the net, but the 
king of the river, gathering strength for one 
last effort, swerved and was away again like 
a flash. I jabbed the handle of the rod into the 
ground and held on with both hands; yet I 
could hardly hold him. But it was the last 
round. The tension finally relaxed; I reeled 
him in, and this time he came to the net. The 
Indians seized my hand in congratulation. I 
looked upon the panting salmon with respect. 
I could scarcely believe that he weighed only 
eighteen pounds. I filled my pipe and rested 
for half an hour. The previous forty-five 
minutes had been exhausting; assuredly the 
most exciting forty-five minutes I had ever 
known at the .fishing game. 
When my strength had returned and my 
nerves were sufficiently tranquil, I tried another 
pool. Hardly had my fly touched the water 
than the great dorsal fin of a salmon rolled over 
for the fly, and twitch! I had him. This sal¬ 
mon knew a thing or two. Down the river he 
went like lightning and my line was nearly un-, 
reeled before we could give chase. Then those 
Indian braves got busy, and I was poled down 
the current at a speed I have never seen 
equalled in a canoe. In twenty-five minutes by 
the watch we caught up with the salmon, and 
he, too, was netted. He tipped the scales at 
I4}/2 pounds. One more salmon. 9 pounds in 
weight, finished my day’s fishing on the 
Nepisiguit. 
From Bathurst I proceeded to Riviere du 
Loup in Quebec; thence down the Temiscouata 
railway to Clairs, on the St. John River, which 
is the boundary line between New Brunswick 
and the States; thence across the river to Fort 
Kent; from Fort Kent to Winterville in north¬ 
ern Aroostook county, Maine. 
Winterville station is on -the shore of Lake 
St. Froid, a beautiful body of water, nine miles 
long and a mile wide. Across the lake is the 
new camp of Joseph Albert. The Red River 
near the camp offers excellent sport with the 
fly, though most of the trout are small and, of 
course, not so numerous as I had found them 
in New Brunswick. The day after my arrival 
I took what Joe said was the record trout of 
the river—pounds—on a 3j/2-ounce rod. 
Like all other sections of the Maine woods, 
this is ‘‘the best moose country in the State.” 
I would have felt that something was missing 
had [ not had this assurance. I have never yet 
visited a camp in Maine that the owner did not 
make the same claim. Bear are said to be 
numerous in the forest about Lake St. Froid. 
The prize bear story is told by my French- 
Canadian host: 
“One day I go to station at Wint’ville, and 
some mans from de mill he say, ‘You seen 
bear ’round here?’ I say, ‘No,’ an’ push my 
canoe into de lak’. Bime-by, when I ’bout 
half-way ’cross I see bear jomp into de water, 
chase’ by de mans, an’ he go to swim’ ’cross 
de lak’. I turn my canoe an’ head heem off, an’ 
when I get near enough I strike at hees nose 
wit’ de paddle, but she duck hees head into de 
water an’ I break de paddle on top of hees 
head; den she turn to de side of de canoe an’ 
put hees front feet into de middle an’ jomp into 
de canoe, so light I hardly know it; den he sit 
up in de bow an’ growl an’ snap hees teeth at 
me. De mans dey holler to me to paddle in 
so de bear she will jomp off, but I say, ‘No, I 
want dat bear;’ so I tak’ de bow paddle in one 
ban’ an’ de broken paddle in de odder an’ push 
de broken paddle at de bear. She grab it 
queeck wit’ hees paws; den I hit ’im on de nose 
wit’ de odder paddle an’ he fall down—what 
you call heem?—sensible; den I ketch heem 
wit’ one han’ on hees neck an’ de odder on hees 
tail an’ I hoi’ heem under de water till she 
drown. Ye-es, dat so; an’ a sport at de camp 
he tak’ picture of dat bear when he hang up 
in front of de camp. I sell hees hide to mans 
at Fort Kent for ’leven dollar.” 
Even unauthenticated, this is a pretty good 
story, but there are credible witnesses in 
Winterville who will vouch for the absolute 
truth of the incident. 
New Brunswick, I had understood, required 
the foreigner to pay a fee to the government 
of five dollars for the privilege of fishing in 
the Province, but if this is so, I must have 
been overlooked. Perhaps they felt a delicacy 
in asking me to pay for what they thought I 
could not get. Such an oversight, I feel sure, 
would have been improbable in like circum¬ 
stances on my side of the border, where the 
wily wardens let no sportsman escape. Accus¬ 
tomed to pay the piper, nay, inured to im¬ 
position as is the American sportsman at home, 
quite as a matter of course, it is with gratitude 
not unmixed with astonishment that he finds 
himself treated with fairness and friendliness 
without mercenary taint in the Provinces. Poor 
in purse are the great mass of people there, 
but courteous and kindly, and apparently well 
content; and that, after all. is the secret of 
human happiness. One thing struck me as par¬ 
ticularly noticeable, and that was the good breed¬ 
ing and dignified observance of the amenities 
that prevailed generally. Only once during my 
trip did I hear a profane word spoken—but then 
I do not understand French very well. 
William Hickox. 
Woods for Fishing Rods. 
A CORRESPONDENT of the London Field says 
that Queensland woods have lately come into 
fashion for the making of fishing rods. The 
South American greenheart was imported into 
Australia and New Zealand extensively former¬ 
ly, but this has been superseded by the woods 
of the Queensland forests, which furnish ma¬ 
terial for the building of a very effective angling 
weapon, and there is talk of establishing an ex¬ 
port trade. The following description of a fish¬ 
ing rod made from these Australian woods 
illustrates the point. For the butt blackwood 
(Acacia melanoxylon) was employed. This is 
a dark-colored, nicely figured, close-grained 
timber, very hard and heavy. It is used chiefly 
as a substitute for the walnut, and has been 
turned to advantage in gunstocks, joinery, and 
cabinet work, and can be carved for panels. 
The middle joint was of spotted gum (Eucalyp¬ 
tus maculata), one of the myrtaceae. It is a 
grayish timber, the grain, while often perfectly 
straight, is occasionally interlocked; a hard, 
tough, and elastic wood, it is much used for the 
making of spokes, shafts, piles, ax handles, 
rims and many other purposes. The top joint 
was constructed of a red gum (Eucalyptus 
saligna), a straight-fibred tough wood, which, 
although heavy, may be worked freely. This is 
another valuable and common wood, being 
largely employed in the construction of car¬ 
riages, ships, buildings and bridges. 
Greenville Bait- and Fly>Casting Club. 
Greenville, Pa., Feb. 27.— Editor Forest and 
Stream: The club held its annual banquet on 
Feb. 24 at the Hotel Commercial with some 
thirty members and guests present. When the 
doors of the dining room were thrown open 
and the guests filed in, the scene that met their 
gaze was a great surprise. A long table graced 
the center of the room, garnished with ferns 
and carnations. In the center of the table was- 
a miniature lake five or si.x; feet long, banked 
in moss and ferns, and in it many real fish dis¬ 
ported themselves, actually nibbling at bait sus¬ 
pended from lines. Over the table and room 
were suspended fish and casting rods, landing 
nets, canoe paddles and the many devices dear 
to the heart of a sportsman. 
J. Scott Smith, toastmaster, took his position 
at the head of the banquet board with Flon. W. 
E. Meehan, Commissioner of Fisheries, at his 
right, and Wm. H. Safford, Superintendent of 
the Conneaut Lake fish hatchery, on his left, and 
the club members and guests filling the board. 
Commissioner Meehan was the principal 
speaker. His talk was along the line of the 
duties of such organizations as were gathered 
about the board, and he graphically pictured 
what united organization along certain lines 
would bring forth. He spoke of the proper pro¬ 
cedure to be followed in stocking streams and 
ponds and the protection of the game fish. 
He stated that in five or six weeks he would 
make public a plan which he was forming, lead¬ 
ing to a State organization, involving the pub¬ 
lishing of a magazine containing the doings of 
the various State organizations and an annual 
meet at which contests of various kinds will be 
participated in and matters discussed of vital 
importance to the clubs. Lie also gave a de¬ 
scription of the- new fish bill that is being 
drafted by the aid of fishermen and which will 
be a splendid illustration of how sportsmen can 
put to one side their personal wishes and pro¬ 
pose legislation for the benefit of fish. 
Superintendent Wm. LI. Safford, of the Con¬ 
neaut Lake Hatchery, formerly of the Govern¬ 
ment service and an expert and enthusiastic 
member of the local club, gave a fine talk on'fish 
culture that was both interesting and enlighten¬ 
ing. He used several models of fish beds and 
screens in illustrating his interesting talk. 
Other guests and club members were called 
upon and responded in a happy vein. They re¬ 
lated a number of true and very interesting fish 
stories. 
The club was organized some two years ago 
and has a limited membership of thirty-five, 
which is filled. Quinton J. Burnett, Sec’y. 
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