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light left the pool. He was certainly 

 over a pound in weight, and a beautiful 

 specimen of his race. Through the clear 

 water his crimson, pulsating gills were 

 distinctly visible, and the carmine spots 

 stood out like rows of jewels on his 

 golden sides. The colours darkened and 

 brightened again as the cloud shadows 

 passed over him, and the floating bub- 

 bles glinted on the pebbly bottom like 

 a succession of silvery rings. Once he 

 darted like a flash into the dark green 

 water under the fern-clad bank, but it 

 was only a swallow that had dipped into 

 the pool and startled him. How was I to 

 land such a prize, and pay ofFold scores 

 against my ancient friend in the win- 

 dow by doing so ? Mechanically looking 

 through my fly-book, I came upon some 

 Stewart tackle, and decided forthwith to 

 tempt the trout with a worm. Selecting 

 the liveliest brandling I had, and swing- 

 ing it gently up-stream, it rested on a 



