SALMON FISHING 



CHAPTER I 



SPIRIT OF THE CHASE 



Cosmos and Man's Mind A Quality of Living Literature 

 Stag-Fright Salmon-Fright The Judge's View Ex- 

 perience Teaches Off to the Fishing A Jovial Mil- 

 lionaire "Wanderin' i' the Mind" How Fishing 

 Differs from all Other Sports A First Salmon In 

 Trouble on the Dee The Vividness of Memory. 



A POET, as the themes came in the progress of the 

 year, wrote an ode to Spring, an ode to Summer, 

 an ode to Autumn, and an ode to Winter. His 

 friend declared the cycle very fine indeed ; but 

 might he put a question ? Graciously the minstrel 

 bowed permission. "Well," said the prosaist, "I 

 find that in each poem you proclaim the season you 

 are writing about to be the best of all the year. 

 This you do in good set terms. In Spring you 

 flout the languors of Summer; in Summer you 

 shudder at the crudity of Spring ; in Autumn 

 you sing of a lush ripeness, the lack of which 



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