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pressed into a few inches of gut ! AVho would 

 not fish in the dark ? — To the skill requh-ed in 

 night-fishing, an acquaintance of the Author's 

 bore ample testimony. He stuck a lump of 

 bacon on a large hook ; and at eleven o'clock, 

 one night, took therewith a brace of Trout. 



Be at the river by, or before, day-break. 

 Should not the fish rise, the sun probably may ; 

 and it is often a glorious sight. Besides, there is 

 another advantage in this, to those who follow 

 you after breakfast ; — you will have brushed 

 off the dew for the benefit of the lazy ones, 

 should the sun not have been in the humour to 

 bottle it for his rain-cellar. And then the 

 gross vapours, or imperfect condensations of 

 the air, as Lord Bacon calls them — the fog 

 which usually hovers over the stream during 

 the small hours — must prove a pleasing variety 

 to the lungs. By the way, it is not improbable 

 t but that one of the great attractions of this 

 m very early fishing in fog is the well-known 

 K fact, that though objects appear further off 



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