ad to keep near the surface. As rapidly as possible the
Indians used their paddles, and so were soon able to seize hold of Sam.
They found him holding on to the one end of the gaff hook, while on the
other the now about exhausted fish was still securely fastened. This
was the Indian statement of the adventure.

Sam's account was that when he went out of that canoe so suddenly he
resolved to hang on to his end of that gaff hook as long as the fish did
at the other. It was a new sensation, and he enjoyed it amazingly to be
thus ploughing along through the water towed by a fish. Then he felt
sure that the fish could not keep it up very long and the canoe would
not be far off; so he resolved to hang on to his fish until the men
picked them both up. After the first sensation of the ducking, he said
he much enjoyed the fun. The water was warm, and he knew that if he had
to let go he could easily swim until the canoe came to his assistance.

Alec had had no accidents or adventures. He had often gone out with
older people fishing in the streams of his native country, where he had
helped to land the spent salmon after they had been well played by the
fishermen, and this training had come to his help here; so he had the
greatest number of the finest fish and the largest, excepting, of
course, this one monster of Sam's that had played him such a trick.

Only for a short time in each summer can these jack fish be successfully
captured in this way. So during the next few days the boys went out
several times and had some rare sport without any very startling
adventures.

One day, however, when resting on a high rock that overhung the deep
waters of the lake they were visiting, they were the spectators of a
battle between two fierce jack fish that fought and grappled and tore
each other with all the ferocity of bulldogs.

As such sights are extremely rare, we will give a description of this
marine battle. A number of the female fish were first observed slowly
passing through the clear waters and depositing their roe on the
gravelly bottom. Following in the rear were several of the male fish.
They were, as usual, extremely jealous of each other, but for a time
made no attempt at hostilities.

It is a well-known fact that a person situated some height directly over
water can see much farther down into it than those who are close to its
edge. So in this case the boys could see the fish distinctly, and also
the gravelly b