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were taken, though I only actually killed seven, 

 each of which was between a quarter and half 

 a pound; each, too, was a bright and well- 

 shaped trout, showing the effect of the light 

 stones and equally bright-coloured water from 

 which he came. A whirling dun and the 

 green body were about equal favourites. 



The next day the Argen had become much 

 brighter and clearer, and the sun was every- 

 thing which the industrious hay-makers, who 

 were gathering in their second and third 

 crops, could desire. But it was too w r arm for 

 mid-day fishing ; it was evident that even 

 from three to four was too early, for nothing 

 but some small fry and a quarter of a pound 

 grayling rewarded an hour's stroll. However, 

 an hour in the evening, from six to seven, 

 afforded some pleasant fishing ; the soft pure 

 air was in itself delicious ; the river rushed 

 downwards in the still evening with a music 

 which is one of the most delightful of sounds 

 to the town-dweller, suggestive as it is of free- 

 dom and sport. I came home with six or seven 

 fish, including a half-pound grayling, which had 

 been compelled, after a brave fight, to leave 

 his gravelly home at the foot of a rippling 



