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Thousand Islands Letter 70 The PHILADELPHIA Tfmea
"Touch her Off" came out of the gloom.
snap, blaze, and the dark waters Of the St
Lawrence, and The Narrows in particular. were
lighted up with lurid flame that brought the
boat and oarsmen out In strong relief In the
bow stood an amateur barpooner and In the
stern sat an old hand, waiting patiently to see
Ont from the bow extended an iron arrange
ment, rugged like a basket i'm which burned
brightly half dozen pine knots, whose object
was 10 attract Tho luckiess bass and other fry
that were known to be in the vicinity
fou don't want to look right under the fire "
said the man IN the stern. "You see it casts a
fish from twice that distance, and your best
feet from the oow."
The spearman did So and as the Ire I'm the
orazier oiazed up brightly the scene was novel
and att actve. The light seemed to penetrate
about the feet and iliumined the rich green
plates that formed the submarine garden
bringing them out In strong contrast axainsi
the darker bottom. Here were long, delicate
lazily in the current, winding and coilinS Ike
SO many snakes. Beneath them darted schools
OF striped and yellow perch, turning upward
strange light-the bed of the river was carpeted
W tsnd solt nat OF green that seemed to scin.
ullate and flash back the vivid CLEANS from
ABOVE. Every step seemed to change the scene
as the boat drifted slowly along. Great logs an.
peared here and there like s,,ectres with their
Stay aPparel ana now Dranchlng trees that had
washed down the stream perhaps from Tar
above.
SCOT himr' This exclamation was caused by
a sudden plunge on the part OF the bowman
ano an accompanying splash. While the man
had been talking a large fish had darted into
the place and for moment turned its side up
ward, 80 that II flashed q golden CLEAN. A sec
ond more and 1t would have darted OF, but the
cruel steel barbs had plunged into il and torn il
tfnthlessiy from the water and landed it, a
three-pound bass, struggling in the boat Spear
Ing at night, though seemingly rather a crnel
method OF taking game fish, is extremely
attractive, As 1t requires skill, q sharp eve and
q true hand 10 direct the spear. On this occa-
gives the fish a better chance. Where a com.
mon eel prod is used, with its long array of
points, 1t is an easy matter, requiring no great
another matter. AS the boat moved along
nearer the rocky shores, amid the savage mos
quitoes, the fish Became more and more plenti-
fuI. Now a score Of large red-eyed rock-bass
were in the glare, looking upward as n ready
to dart or rise at the dropping embers Here
a large-scaled club mashed It's siivery scales in
the darkness, followed by the prongs OF the
grains. Catdshes were equally curious dartin M
up into the very midst Of the glare and only
As the boat drifted over q clear shady spot
well OF shore long black object suddenly be-
came Illuminated and In another moment IL
the surface In q wild bound and darted away.
49,. LOOK 1utT' shouted the man in the stern,
~ aSq must
ing round and round the boat In circles and
soon involved the rope and boat in hopeless
confusion and thus captured itself The taking
in part, however, involved q renewal OF the
struggle: The fish beat the trail boat terrific
blows with its head and tail, almost threaten
srssped and hauled in, The rough hide or . xas
telling the story. II was gigantic sturreon- A
few applications Of the patent head -acher ston-
ped It's laundering and the boat drifted quietly