92 SALMONIA. [FOURTH DAT, 



HAL. — I know not; but take my wager and we 

 will ascertain. 



ORN. — I shall ascertain without the wager if 

 possible. See, a man connected with the fishery 

 advances, let us ask him. There you see; it has 

 been fished once or twice by one, who claims without 

 charter the right of angling. 



HAL. — I told you so. Now I know this, I shall 

 put on another kind of fly, such as I am sure they 

 have not seen this day. 



POIET. — It is very small and very gaudy, I believe 

 made with humming bird's feathers. 



HAL. — No, — the brightest Java dove's hackle, 

 kingfisher's blue, and golden pheasant's feathers, and 

 the red feathers of the paroquet. There was a fish 

 that rose and missed the fly — a sea trout. There, he 

 has taken it, a fresh run fish, from his white belly and 

 blue back. 



POIET. — How he springs out of the water ! He 

 must be 6 or 7 lbs. 



HAL. — Under five, I am sure; he will soon be 

 tired. He fights with less spirit : put the net under 

 him. There, he is a fine fed sea trout, between 4 and 

 5 lbs. But our intrusive brother angler (as I must 

 call him) is coming down the river to take his evening 

 cast. A stout Highlander, with a powerful tail, — or, 

 as we should call it in England, suite. He is resolved 



