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salmon rivers, would, upon a minute inquiry, 

 furnish such instances, if they contained sal- 

 mon fishers. Yorkshire, Devonshire, and 

 Cornwall, with the sea on both sides, ought 

 to furnish a greater number. 



Phys. — Give us some little account of the 

 Scotch and Irish rivers. 



Hal. — I fear I shall tire you by attempting 

 any details on this subject, for they are so 

 many, that I ought to take a map in my hands; 

 but I will say a few words on those in which 

 I have had good sport. First, the Tweed : — 

 of this, as you will understand from what I 

 mentioned before, I fear I must now say 

 '^fuitr Yet still, for spring salmon fishing, 

 it must be a good river. The last great sport 

 I had in that river was in 181 7, in the be- 

 ginning of April. I caught, in two or three 

 hours, at Merton, four or five large salmon, 

 and as many in the evening at Kelso — and 

 one of them weighed 25 lbs. But this kind 

 of fishing cannot be compared to the summer 

 fishing : the fish play with much less energy, 

 and in general are in bad season ; and the fly 

 used for fishing is almost like a bird — four or 



