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ardent, we are bad judges of the effort we 

 make; and an angler, who could be cool 

 with a new species of salmo, I should not 

 envy. Now all is right again: try that pool. 

 There is a fish — ay! and another, that runs 

 at your bait; but they are small ones, not 

 much more than twice as large as the bleak ; 

 yet they show their spirit, and though they 

 cannot swallow it, they have torn it. Put 

 on another bleak. There! you have another 

 run. 



Orn. — Ay, it is a small fish, not much 

 more than a foot long; yet he fights well. 



Hal. — You have him, and I will land him. 

 I do not think such a fish a bad initiation 

 into this kind of sport. He does not agitate 

 so much as a larger one, and yet gratifies 

 curiosity. There, we have him. A very 

 beautiful fish ; yet he has the leech, or louse, 

 though his belly is quite white. 



Orn. — This fish is so like a trout, that, 

 had I caught him when alone, I should 

 hardly have remarked his peculiarities ; and 

 I am not convinced that it is not a variety of 

 the common trout, altered, in many genera- 



