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The Gentle Art of Angling. 



versally good, e.g., the Jock Scot, 

 silver doctor, and orange grouse. 

 A landing-net or, when the rules 

 of the river permit it, a gaff must 

 be added to the outfit. 



The attendance of a gillie must 

 be written down among the 

 essentials. If the fishing is not 

 from a boat, his assistance is 

 needed in pointing out the pools, 

 gaffing a fish, shouldering the 

 impediments of the angler's out- 

 fit, and taking his turn with the 



rod in the course of a hard day's 

 fishing. So much depends upon 

 this item in the programme, that 

 one must be pretty sure he has 

 got the right article. An ill- 

 informed or inefficient attendant 

 is worse than none ; whereas a 

 really competent man adds con- 

 siderably to the pleasures of sport, 

 and to the weight of the creel at 

 the close of the day. Hints on 

 salmon fishing are reserved for 

 another chapter. 



