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"pinkeen." At length the "Laird" got a 

 fish up, and from over-excitement, I suppose, 

 struck too hard and left the fly in the fish. 

 Having repaired damages, he rose and landed 

 a nice little plump half-pounder before he 

 had gone twenty yards from the scene of the 

 catastrophe, and this was followed by another 

 fish somewhat heavier. The luck was all on 

 my friend's side to-day, for I could not move 

 a fish ; suddenly he sang out to me, and I 

 saw by the graceful curve of his rod, which 

 all we fishermen admire so much, that he was 

 into a good one, so I doubled over to give 

 him a hand with the net. Just before 

 reaching him I saw the beauty he had on 

 jump clean out of the water. The " Laird " 

 was cool and collected, and played his fish 

 well, bringing him in without flurry to the 

 net, and he was duly landed a beautiful fish 

 of a pound and a half. 



On returning to my end of the lough, I 



