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expression of opinion, but re-echoing the sentiment 

 expressed. And if we judge him from his book, 

 by which I suppose he is willing to be judged (waiv- 

 ing some of his yarns which he does not expect us 

 to believe), ours is a righteous judgment. 



Having disposed of this subject to our satisfac- 

 tion, we spend the time between lunch and dinner 

 in a lounging, lazy sort of manner, discussing the 

 merits of different rod-makers, variety of flies, and 

 such like fisherman's talk, occasionally practising al 

 a mark with our pistols and rifles ; after dinner, a 

 smoke and a snooze. 



At about four o'clock we take a trip to the cove 

 for our afternoon sport, which, if exciting, we con- 

 tinue until sunset. My experience has been, that 

 more trout are taken between nine and eleven 

 o'clock in the forenoon, and four and six in the 

 afternoon, than at any other time, though they 

 often rise quite lively for half an hour before sun- 

 set. Early-morning fishing, with me, has not been 

 a success. I have tried it more times than I pro- 

 pose to again. Charlie was always opposed to it 

 on principle. " Let 'em rise," he would say : " I 

 won't ; " and he don't, till breakfast is ready. 



If the sport at the cove is tame, we return at 

 the call of Joe's horn, and take a six-o'clock sup- 

 per, and cast awhile at the dam till darkness begins 



