DAYS AND NIGHTS 



SALMON FISHING. 



CHAPTER I. 



CITIZEN ANGLERS. 



" John Gilpin was a citizen 



Of credit and renown." Cowper. 



Salmon fishers do not fall from the clouds all per- 

 fection at once, but generally acquire some skill in 

 river angling for trout, and such like pigmies, before 

 they aspire to the nobler spoil ; — pretty work, indeed, 

 would they make of it, if they began at the wrong end: 

 nemo repente fxatjishissimus. We will venture to say, 

 that many beginners have been frightened out of their 

 wits by the sprightliness of a decent-sized trout : would 

 they then have the presumption to encounter a salmon 

 without fortifying their nerves with previous practice of 

 some sort or another ? I would advise each, one and all, 

 to try their hands at something less powerful, before 

 they throw their gauntlet at Entellus. In short, we 

 ourselves, experienced as we are, stand in perfect awe of 



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