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git off the pier," and so step by step I got back, 

 or stopped, according to the fish's say in the 

 matter. In ten or twelve minutes from the 

 first scream of the reel a nice salmon of fifteen 

 pounds was on the bank. How hot and 

 happy I was, firstly at my luck, and secondly 

 that I had not foozled my first fish. 



Before long I was into a second he too 

 came to land all right. The next pool pro- 

 vided me with a third; and so laden and 

 radiant I joined my hostess about two o'clock, 

 to find her equally successful. 



After luncheon she wound up her day by a 

 fourth, weighing 27 lb., while I brought up 

 my total to five. It was indeed a record day 

 (nine salmon), and that five of them should be 

 a novice's start was enough to make anyone a 

 confirmed fisher for life. My back and arms 

 ached that night with a vengeance, but the 

 joy of heart and mind compensated for any 

 pains of body. 



Two days later I returned for a short time 

 to the only fishable pool on the river in a 

 storm of wind and rain, and with my faith- 



