36 A.YGLERS' EFENINGS. 



trout, and those of no size ; and the other, who I fear is 

 no fly-fisher at all, saying he did not think there were any 

 fish in the river, for he never saw any. Still, I can 

 scarcely believe that my friends and I caught the whole 

 of the trout when we were among them, and if another 

 summer I should have it in my power to choose my own 

 holiday ground, I should without hesitation seek the 

 same scene I have endeavoured to introduce to you, and 

 where I had a few days of such fishing as I never had 

 before, and in all probability shall never have again. 



