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terror were it the first one offered him, as to any 

 other. He may have risen to a No. 8 Fairy, 

 and after declining intermediate sizes and col- 

 ors, come with a rush at a No. i Britannia or 

 something else equally as large and brilliant. I 

 have risen salmon as often as eight or nine 

 times and at last hooked them. As an instance 

 of the freaks in which they indulge I give this 

 experience of a friend. He rose a salmon which 

 missed the fly, rested him for five minutes, then 

 cast over him when he again rose and missed, 

 and as the fly went on three or four yards below 

 another fish rose at it and missed. A rest of 

 about three minutes, and then as the fly came 

 midway between the places of these two rises 

 both fishes rose simultaneously and missed. Mr. 

 L., after three minutes more, rose fish No. 2 

 again, then waited the same length of time, and 

 cast over the spot (the fifth time), when again 

 both fish arose. A minute's rest and another 

 cast brought up fish No. 2, then after an interval 

 of half a minute the fly started down again, 

 and was taken by fish No. I, which broke loose 

 after being on for ten minutes. Then Mr. L. 

 returned to the same place, and on the second 

 cast hooked and killed fish No. 2, weighing 



