48 SALMONIA. 



Hal. — Large trouts unquestionably do not ; 

 — they always hide themselves under the same 

 bank, stone, stock, or weed, as I said this 

 morning before, and come out from their per- 

 manent habitations to feed ; and when they 

 have fled to their haunt, they may be taken 

 there by the hand ; and on this circumstance 

 the practice of tickling trout is founded. A 

 favourite place for a large trout in rivers is an 

 eddy behind a rock or stone, where flies and 

 small fishes are carried by the force of the 

 current: and such haunts are rarely unoc- 

 cupied ; for if a fish is taken out of one of 

 them, his place is soon suppHed by another, 

 who quits for it a less convenient situation. 



(They go to dinner.) 



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(They return from the house.) 



EVENING. 



Hal. — You have, I am sure, gentlemen, 

 dined well; no one ever dined otherwise in 

 this house. It is a beautiful calm evening, 

 and many fish might be caught where we 

 fished in the morning ; but I will take you to 



