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no one ever dined otherwise in this house. It is a 

 beautiful calm evening, and many fish might be caught 

 where we fished in the morning ; but I will take 

 you to another part of the river ; you shall each catch 

 a fish, and then we will give over ; for the evening's 

 sport should be kept till a late season, July or 

 August, when there is little fly on in the day-time : 

 and it would be spoiling the diversion of our host, to 

 catch or prick all the fish in the upper water ; and 

 with a gentleman so truly liberal, and so profuse of 

 his means of giving pleasure to others, no improper 

 liberties should be taken. I shall not fish myself, but 

 shall have my pleasure in witnessing your sport It 

 must be in a boat, and you must steal slowly up the 

 calm water, and glide like aerial beings on the sur- 

 face, making no motion in the water, and showing no 

 shadow. Your fly must be an orange or brown 

 palmer with a yellow body ; for the gray drake is 

 not yet on the water. The fish here are large, and the 

 river weedy, so you must take care of your fish and 

 your tackle. 



Poiet. We have at least passed over half a mile of 

 water, and have seen no fish rise ; yet there is a 

 yellowish or reddish fly in the air, which moves like 

 a drake ; and there are clouds of pale brown flies en- 

 cirling the alders. Now, I think I see a large trout rise 

 below that alder. 



Hal. That is not a trout, for he rises in a different 

 place now, and is probably a large roach or chub ; do 

 not waste your time upon him. You may always know 

 a large trout, when feeding in the evening. He rises 



