. Pleasures of angling with rod and reel for trout and salmon . ngly in thebottom of the canoe and borne in triumph to camp,where fish and fisher were given such hearty wel-come amid such hilarious enthusiasm as was be-fitting the cause and the occasion. In the afternoon of the same day I killed a twen-ty-three pound salmon in the same pool in twentyminutes, having, I was sorry to learn on gettingback to camp, monopolized the luck of the day, noother member of the party having had so much asa rise. But I was soon eclipsed, both in size andnumber — how, when, where, by whom, underwhat circumsta
. Pleasures of angling with rod and reel for trout and salmon . ngly in thebottom of the canoe and borne in triumph to camp,where fish and fisher were given such hearty wel-come amid such hilarious enthusiasm as was be-fitting the cause and the occasion. In the afternoon of the same day I killed a twen-ty-three pound salmon in the same pool in twentyminutes, having, I was sorry to learn on gettingback to camp, monopolized the luck of the day, noother member of the party having had so much asa rise. But I was soon eclipsed, both in size andnumber — how, when, where, by whom, underwhat circumstances, and amid what intense excite-ment, I will try and describe anon. CHAPTEK X. A FEW NOTE-WORTHY INCIDENTS. Eh, man ! What a conceit it is when ye reach a fine run, ona warm spring mornin, the wuds hotchin wi birds, an daudso licht noos an thans glintin on the water ; an the wateritsel in trim order, a wee doon, after a nichts spate, an wi adrap o porter int, an rowin an bubblin ower the big stanes,curlin into the linn an oot ot.—{Norman Macleod, D. UP camp was unusually pictu-resque,— a well preserved lawnseparated from the river by afringe of alders, backed by afew cultivated fields attached tothe cottage in our immediateneighborhood, and surroundedby lofty mountains, denselycovered from base to summitwith spruce, hemlock, maple andbirch. Our three white tents constituted a pleas-ant contrast to the green sward upon which theywere pitched, and our dining hall and cook-housewere models of adaptability and neatness. Thetaste displayed in their disposition was due, first,to the military experience of Col. Pell, andsecondly, to the austere habits of system, orderand neatness for which the deservedly popular PLEASUEES OP ANGLING. 60 Collector of the Port of New York is distin-guished. A better arranged camp, combiningmore of good taste and comfort, never waserected upon any waters. My only objection toit was the fear that the recollection of it wo\ildhereafter render
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