away. My gillie said, however, that we 

 ought not to waste time, but I derided 

 the idea of fishing in such a state of the 

 atmosphere. However, I yielded to his 

 remonstrance, and in three-quarters of an 

 hour, before the fog had gone, I had 

 two salmon on the bank. Then the day 

 became beautifully fine and bright, and 

 I never rose another fish, though I have 

 often caught fish on equally bright 

 days. My gillie, a very sharp, shrewd 

 fellow, rested his advice to begin on 

 instinct rather than on experience. I am 

 not myself partial to fishing in a fog. I 

 have often found it painfully useless, and 

 I quote this instance not as establishing 

 any rule, but rather as furnishing an ex- 

 ception to one." 



Fog in sea Of fog in sea-fishing I have little ex- 



perience. Such weather is so dreaded 

 at sea that every precaution is taken to 

 avoid it. Few ever dream of embarking 

 with any probability of fog during the 

 day, and fewer still stay out on the 

 grounds after the first faint indication 



