24 SALMON FISHING 



certainly is at work in the hunting-field ; but when 

 we are there it is in large measure social emotions 

 that Pan is stimulating. Out with the rod by a 

 riverside or on a lake one has no illusion. There 

 is no sophisticating mixture of sensations. One is a 

 solitary. Nevertheless, there is as much of the 

 eager joy of life as could be found in the most 

 exuberant throng. It is in fishing that one is most 

 delightfully possessed by that mysterious force, the 

 spirit of the chase. 



