Rod and gun . can start. We were told that the whole of the in-habitants of the Squamish Valley hadlived upon venison during the winter,the deep snow driving the deer into theAalley and rendering them an easy prey.^^e ourselves saw the oflral of four deerand were never more than a mile fromcamp. We started fishing on the opening dayand had such success that we returned inthe evening with twenty-two Dolly Var-den trout weighing sixt3-one pounds.^^hile one of the largest and best troutfishing streams in British Columbia, hav-ing its head waters in the Pemberton 28o ROD AND GUX IX CANADA. A Grave
Rod and gun . can start. We were told that the whole of the in-habitants of the Squamish Valley hadlived upon venison during the winter,the deep snow driving the deer into theAalley and rendering them an easy prey.^^e ourselves saw the oflral of four deerand were never more than a mile fromcamp. We started fishing on the opening dayand had such success that we returned inthe evening with twenty-two Dolly Var-den trout weighing sixt3-one pounds.^^hile one of the largest and best troutfishing streams in British Columbia, hav-ing its head waters in the Pemberton 28o ROD AND GUX IX CANADA. A Gravel Bar on the Cheakamus. Meadows, many miles north of Squamish,the Cheakamus is a wicked stream. TheDolly Varden trout are not gamey by anymeans, sulkinof at the bottom of thestreams when hooked. The first one I hooked broke my rodand friend ^^illiams met with a like mis-fortune shortly afterwards. He, how-ever, had an extra rod and did not mindsuch a mishap. I had to return to campand with the help of Mr. McFarland, thetimekeeper, I manag^ed to make a decentrepair, with the result of catching thenumber mentioned. Later in the season there are timeswhen the steelhead salmon will rise tothe fly but they had not arrived at thetime of our visit. We remained around camp on thetwenty-sixth as it was Sunday and re-turned to Vancouver on the followingday, having enjoyed a most pleasant out-ing and having fish to give to our friends. A Moose In Captivity BY F. A. BARBINE. MANY readers, interested in thebig game of Canada, will like toknow something about the cap-ture of a moose and of h
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