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you will not guess at; for, when the tide 

 was falling the fish ceased to rise at the fly, 

 and I thought of trying them with a bait; 

 so we sent for our swivel tackle, and put 

 par or samlet on our hooks, as we bait for 

 pike — cutting off one ventral fin on one side, 

 and one pectoral fin on the other ; and 

 making the par spin in the most rapid 

 streams, we had several runs from fish, 

 and it was in this way that Poietes caught 

 this large sea trout, which gave excellent 

 sport. 



Hal. — This kind of fishing is not uncom- 

 mon. I have often caught salmon in the 

 Tay, fishing with pars; but though the fish 

 ran at the bait when they would not rise at 

 the fly while the tide was ebbing, they 

 would have taken the par better still while 

 it was flowing. 



Phys. — From my experience to-day, I 

 conclude the salmon has habits different 

 from the trout ; for I think the fish which 

 broke my hook, rose again at the artificial 

 fly in the same place. 



Hal.— I think you are mistaken. Salmon 



