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striking salmon ; they come up with such velocity 

 that not a moment should be lost in responding to 

 their call. 



Salmon or trout fishing is not alone enjoyable for 

 the pleasure of killing fish, but for the scenery and 

 attachments which form the necessary adjuncts to the 

 sport. The distance from the haunts of fellow men, 

 the solitude of perhaps the surrounding forest, the soft 

 murmuring of the descending and rushing water, the 

 opportunity afforded to study nature in its unalloyed 

 purity all tend to enhance, to the true lover of nature, 

 this princely sport ; the very combination of all these 

 et ceteras making the perfection, which all will acknow- 

 ledge to belong to fly-fishing. During the noon hours 

 I determined to remain behind, while my friend the 

 skipper returned to his schooner, on the proviso that 

 Jock should be landed with orders to report himself to 

 me, to perform as gaffer for the evening's fishing ; 

 while the boat, at sundown, would come to the estuary 

 to carry self and booty back for a late supper. As my 

 friend departed, and the sullen plash of the oars, 

 momentarily less distinct, told of increasing distance 

 between me and mankind, my enjoyment of the scene 

 became doubly enhanced by the depth of the solitude ; 

 and with full appreciation of the beautiful lines of 

 Byron, 



