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whereas the art of fishing for trout is so much 

 more delicate and subtle that it is a joy in 

 itself, and therefore not altogether so depen- 

 dent on result. 



If my luck wedded me to salmon fishing, it 

 is to trout fishing that I really give the palm ; 

 and there again, it is to the wonderful lochs 

 and rivers of that same forest and else- 

 where in their owners' other possessions that 

 I owe such royal days. 



Some years ago the lady of that western 

 kingdom and I picknicked for a fortnight in 

 July among its wonders and beauties. In 

 ten days we two accounted for fifteen salmon 

 and a thousand trout. 



We would start away in the summer morn- 

 ings about nine, taking luncheon and tea with 

 us, to one of the lochs. We would begin 

 fishing about eleven, and with short intervals 

 for food we would go on till seven-thirty ; 

 returning home when the long shadows were 

 falling in the beautiful northern twilight that 

 knows no night. Our baskets varied from ten 

 to twenty dozen, which last was our record. 



