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no part of this pool, except the extremely 

 rough head of the torrent : there I dare say 

 it will take in this state of the waters. 



PoiET. — Good, I hooked a large fish, but 

 alas ! he is off: yet I thought he was fairly 

 caught. 



Hal. — The hook, I think, turned round at 

 the moment you struck, and carried off some 

 scales from the outside of his mouth. 



PoiET. — You are right : see, the scales are 

 on the hook. I cannot raise another fish : I 

 have tried almost all over the pool. I thought 

 I saw a fish rise at the tail of the rapid. 



Hal. — You did : he refused the fly. Now 

 put on a fly one third of the size and of the 

 same colour, and I think you will hook that 

 fish. 



PoiET. — I have done so — and he is fast ! 

 and a fine fish ; I think a salmon. 



Hal. — It is a salmon, and one above 1 lbs. 

 Play him with care, and do not let him run 

 into the rough part of the stream, where the 

 large stones are. 



PoiET. ~ It is, I think, the most active fish 



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