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October day after a very long fight. Immediately 

 after the fish was landed Millais began to consult 

 with Lord James as to who should be the recipient 

 of this noble prize. At last Millais exclaimed, " It 

 shall go to the best fellow I know, and that is Lord 

 Granville." So that night the magnificent salmon 

 was despatched to the Foreign Secretary. But no 

 acknowledgment came, and Millais, whose pride was 

 hurt, thought that his present was not appreciated, 

 and would make no inquiry concerning the fate of 

 the fish. In the following spring Lord Granville was 

 told how proud Millais had been to send him an almost 

 record fish, and how disappointed he was at receiving 

 no acknowledgment. It then transpired that when 

 the fish was unpacked the label which bore the sender's 

 name had been destroyed by the cook. Lord Granville, 

 anxious to find out who was the donor, wrote to most 

 of his friends whom he knew to possess salmon-fishings, 

 but the only result was that they regarded his letters 

 as a diplomatic hint that a large salmon in prime 

 condition would be regarded in Carlton Terrace as 

 an acceptable present. 



The capture of another and a bigger fish is thus 

 narrated by Mr. John Guille Millais : 



" And here, with many apologies to the reader, I 

 must bring myself into this narrative. As all fisher- 

 men know there is in every big stretch of water, a 

 master fish, generally an old male, which annually 

 comes up from the sea, and locating himself behind 

 some big stone, keeps off all other fish about his own 

 size. Such an one for several years frequented the 



