. Sport with gun and rod in American woods and waters [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Fishing; Fishing; Chasse; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Pêche sportive. Salmon - Ju's/iiiiij^. 44 [ ourselves ami all our luj^jj^aj^e across the swollen \'ork l>y rcpcali-d trips ill a small cliiy-oiit. at a place some six miles from its moiitli. After crossint;-, our provisions ami him^ajL^i; were taken in larj^c l)o.\es moimted upon stout limhi-r sled-runni-rs, this hein^ the only conveyance that would stand a nine-mile trip over a slii^htl) widened forest trail. We took saddle-horses, hut \-et found the trip m
. Sport with gun and rod in American woods and waters [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Fishing; Fishing; Chasse; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Pêche sportive. Salmon - Ju's/iiiiij^. 44 [ ourselves ami all our luj^jj^aj^e across the swollen \'ork l>y rcpcali-d trips ill a small cliiy-oiit. at a place some six miles from its moiitli. After crossint;-, our provisions ami him^ajL^i; were taken in larj^c l)o.\es moimted upon stout limhi-r sled-runni-rs, this hein^ the only conveyance that would stand a nine-mile trip over a slii^htl) widened forest trail. We took saddle-horses, hut \-et found the trip most tedious l)y reason of the "winilfalls" which had to he iiil awa\ l)\ our canoe-men, who carritHl axes for the purpose, and h\ the swamp nuid throiijfh which \vi' fre([uenlly had to wadt; our horses. Tlu' fishing of 1S75 was comparatively a failure, less than twenty hein_i( killed h)- three of us durini;' a wei'k on the St. John. A frii'ud of mine, I )ou_y;lass, one day hooked an u^lx' fish, which played him all known pranks, ami seemed, in addition, to i;xtemporize a l<w tor the occasion. The fish leajK'il out of water eiiouj^h to make it excit- ing-, hut not iMiou_t,di to tire himself out. lie tried pullinj,' constanlU hackward and forward in cjuick, short jerks, which is the worst tliint^a fish ever does. This makes the coolest angler ner\ous and anxious, for unless line is upon the instant j^iven, the hook is pulled out, or the <nit hrokeii. The lisli cailK; tlowil HI view 01 the house, when, com- paring^ the pluck and strati'iL^y of the fish with thi' skill of our friemi, we counteil tlu; tisli a trifle aheatl. ()f course, when t-ither hank, the nuMi took care to keep on the shore side of the fish, so that wlic 11 he suddenly rushed for deep water he would not pass under the lanoe and hreak loose. In s])ite, liowe\-er, of all prc;cautions, the fish made a dash to run under, and out- of the men .^ave a (|uick, powerful push on his settini^-pole, w
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