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mountain stream, where the angler wanders 

 free to seek his fish where he will, and take 

 them where he can, than slaughtering phea- 

 sants, in a manner, fed at the barn-door, and 

 almost as tame as the poultry which are regu- 

 larly bred in the yard, can be compared to 

 the active exertion of grouse-shooting. The 

 angler who lives in the neighbourhood of, or 

 visits even the best trout streams, has not 

 unfrequently to walk miles, if he wishes to 

 bring home a well -filled creel, before he finds 

 it worth his while to make a cast. When he 

 has reached a place where trout are plentiful, 

 and disposed to rise, his labours then only 

 commence. He now and then hooks a large 

 trout, which he has to keep in play for some 

 time before he can draw him to land. The 

 fish has run all the line out, and with strong 

 effort is making up or down the stream ; and 

 the angler being no longer able to follow him 

 on the shore for a tree, a rock, or a row of 

 alders prevent him ; and knowing that his 

 tackle, which, towards the hooks, is of the 

 finest gut, will not hold the trout, and rather 

 than lose the speckled beauty, three pounds 

 weight at the least, into the water he goes, up 

 to his knees, and possibly a yard above, the 

 first step. And thus he continues leading a 

 sort of amphibious life, now on land, now in 



