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faction at his renewed dexterity, and he was pleased 

 that any one should witness it.* 



Poor fellow ! his happiness did not last long. The 

 habit of wading at his advanced time of life brought 

 on internal disease, which soon ended fatally ; and 

 he only repassed the seas to lay his bones in the 

 father-land. 



* It is difficult to see quite what Scrope means here. Salmon 

 seldom move about much when they are resting, and " the same 

 place " is the necessary spot to reach with a second cast. Moreover, 

 on occasion they can be " worried " into taking. Very occasionally 

 one has a chance of watching them from some convenient post of 

 observation while another angler is casting, and the " worrying " 

 can be watched. It is very instructive. (ED.) 



