. Rod and gun . hey get nearer the middle ofthe back. The fish in question seemed tobe light-coloured about half-way to theback. This is what an observant friendwho was with me at the time informsme. In this connection I may say that Ingham, the genial stage-driverbetween Roseneath and Cobourg, is firmin the belief that there are two-kinds ofmaskinonge at Rice Lake. He says thatone is chunkier than the other, is dark ontop and light underneath, being spot-ted like a pike. It spawns at the end ofSeptember and the beginning of October,and may be caught close to land on rockyshores. It
. Rod and gun . hey get nearer the middle ofthe back. The fish in question seemed tobe light-coloured about half-way to theback. This is what an observant friendwho was with me at the time informsme. In this connection I may say that Ingham, the genial stage-driverbetween Roseneath and Cobourg, is firmin the belief that there are two-kinds ofmaskinonge at Rice Lake. He says thatone is chunkier than the other, is dark ontop and light underneath, being spot-ted like a pike. It spawns at the end ofSeptember and the beginning of October,and may be caught close to land on rockyshores. It appears that maskinonge can be read-ily caught quite close to the rocky shoresat this time of the year, whether theycome there to spawn, or for some otherpurpose. This fact was only learned re-cently at Rice Lake by the white fisher-men, although the Indians appear to haveknown it long before. Indians had oftenbeen observed at this period trolling veryclose to shore, but it was supposed thatthev were after The Siwash Rock Seems to Guard the Harbor of Vancouver Liko an Old-Time Sentinel. A Visit to Bowen Island, BY P. E. BUCKE. Tis merry, tis merry in the good green wooil,When *mavis and tmerle are singing; When the deer sweeps by and the hounds are in the huntsman s horn is ringing. —Old Song. Were you ever on Bowen Island? saidmy friend Jack Stitton to me one day in\^ancouver. Xo; where is it? In the Indian Oceanor attached to the group over which theMikado holds sway? Neither one nor tother, said Jackwith a smile, but a lovely spot not fiftymiles from the chairs we are now sittingon. How can we get there? Very simply. I am going there to-morrow morning. Will you come along? After discussing ways and means, we* Thrush. f Blackbird. decided to take our wheels, strapping ourfishing rods to the frame, our light fish-ing baskets to the handle-bars, and de-positing our tackle, bait, fly-books, lunch,etc., in the creels. When we had talkedthe matter well over w
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