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stances, did not practice and exercise with the 

 left hand and arm counteract the monopoly. In 

 salmon-fishing, the powers of neither arm should 

 be constantly and exclusively called into opera- 

 tion. They should be brought into play alter- 

 nately, so that in changing hands no awkwardness 

 or inconvenience may ensue. Alternately ex- 

 ercising each hand and arm, will render the 

 salmon-fisher ambidexter — a most advantageous 

 consummation. 



In order that the reader may not lack any in- 

 formation on the various modes of throwing the 

 salmon-line, I shall quote passages from two of 

 the most recent writers on the subject. Mr. J. 

 Colquhoun, in his new work *, says : — " Some 

 anglers have an additional piece to screw on their 

 rods for long casts ; a very thin butt is required 

 when this piece is not added, and it is more apt 

 to twist the rod. If equal in other respects, a 

 man who has the power of throwing a very long 

 line has the same advantage over a less gifted 

 friend, in this particular, that a far-killing gun 

 has over an inferior one, both in the same skilful 

 hands. I should therefore advise every aspirant 

 to excellence in salmon-fishing, to attain this 



* " Rocks and Rivers, &c." published last season, by 

 Mr. Murray, Albemarle Street, London. 



