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stone a pool where many 'potted fish' are 

 lying, before fishing it (and we know of 

 angling friends who can bear us out in this 

 statement, with the same personal experi- 

 ences as ourselves). Of course the unthink- 

 ing angler may pooh-pooh such an idea, and 

 we don't think there are a preponderating 

 number of even experienced anglers who 

 would enjoy the sight of a small boy play- 

 ing ' ducks and drakes ' over a pet pool ; and 

 how often do we hear ' anathemas galore ' 

 hurled at the devoted bands of Goosanders 

 or Ked-breasted Mergansers and their young, 

 which go ' flafferin' ' down through the pools 

 in front of one's cast ! If no salmon are seen 

 in these pools, the blame is promptly placed 

 on ' these confounded birds,' which ' ought to 

 be shot.' We do not affirm they may not 

 be to blame in some measure, or at times, 

 but we do believe a ' sulky ' pool is not made 

 any worse by it. 



At another opportunity, when salmon is 

 more correctly our theme, we may give 

 curious instances in proof of our contention 

 that a lot of sulky fish make a pool sulky, 

 and the fish are none the worse for being 



