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sixteen hours," said he, "from the time 

 you were driving through Bloomsbury 

 you have killed a right and left of Perth- 

 shire grouse, on a spot which fifty years 

 ago would have taken eight days to reach, 

 if even in those days there had been any 

 one to try it." So, it may be added, is it 

 nowadays with the sport of salmon 

 angling. The fisherman in the metropolis 

 or at his English country-seat keeps him- 

 self in touch by telegraph with the wilds 

 of the far north. If, late in the afternoon, 

 the verdict is " Come," our angler leaves 

 London by the " Scotch Mail " aforesaid 

 when the evening is well advanced. He 

 slumbers comfortably throughout the 

 night, and early next forenoon he is at 

 the river -side, and probably has several 

 salmon to his credit before luncheon. 



So much for modern accessibility, 

 which now must not be dispensed with. 

 What a contrast to the former ways, 

 when the old-fashioned sportsman of a 

 former generation did at last laboriously 

 reach his shooting quarters 1 What assured 



