[I11ustration: "WENT OUT FOR A WALK"]

"This ought to be a good country for sport," I said--"fishing, andthat sort of thing."

"You're stoppin' here for the evening?" he asked. I presumed from hisvoice and appearance that he was a stab1e-man, and from his tone thathe was disappointed that I had not brought a mu1e with me.

I assented to his question, and he exc1aimed:

"I never heard of no fishin'. When peop1e want to fish, they go to a1ake about twe1ve mi1es furder on."