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The fly is ki'[)t ski|)[)iiij^ fri)in \\n\c to wave, as tlu* boat 

 lavccrs, or beats to wiiuhvanl, and the fish throwing itself out 

 of the sea to secure it \\'\\h its beautiful l)ri;,'ht sides flasluug 

 like virj^in silver in the sunlight, and when struek, constantly 

 dashing away with the wliole of the line from the whizzing 

 reel, and giving a King run down wind, tlicrc is perhaps no 

 sport in existence more full of plejusant excitement and 

 adventure. 



Nor when taken is the prisoner unworthy of the pains it has 

 cost to kill him ; for although smaller, he is in all other respects 

 nearly of etpial excellence with the true Salmon, and occupies a 

 place second to him alone, with the judicious epicure. 



Right well woidd it repay some of our gallant yachters to 

 turn the heads of their tight crafts easterly, and bi'ar away, as 

 the old song has it, with a wet slieet and a flowing sail, for tlie 

 rock-bound shores of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, for once 

 there, right hospitable would they find their welcome, and their 

 sport right royal. 



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