110 SALMONIA. [FOTTETH DAY. 



minutely the weight and size of the fish we caught, 

 and compare the anatomy of the salmon and the sea 

 trout ; but we were in too great a hurry to see them 

 on the table, and our philosophy yielded to our 

 hunger. 



HAL. We shall have plenty of opportunities for 

 this examination; and we can now walk down to the 

 fishing-house and see probably half a hundred fish of 

 different sizes, that have been taken in the cruives, 

 this evening, and examine them at our leisure. 



ALL. Let us go ! 



PHYS. I never saw so many fish of this kind 

 before ; and I conclude that heap of smaller fish is 

 composed of trout. 



HAL. Certainly. Let us compare one of the 



warranted by the amplest experience ; but, in relation to wading, they 

 may be considered as severe, and of questionable propriety. In mode- 

 ration, especially in autumn, when our rivers are comparatively warm, 

 I am disposed to think that wading may be practised with little if any 

 risk by those of sound constitution, and with some benefit even, using 

 shoes or boots so perforated as not to confine the water, and wearing 

 worsted stockings. Such a foot bath as is thus obtained is an excellent 

 remedy for corns, superior to any other I am acquainted with ; it also 

 diminishes fatigue and makes the exercise more agreeable, as well as 

 ensures better sport. With all deference to the received maxim of 

 Boerhaave just, in just degree, it is well to remember, that the 

 human feet are unprotected by hair, as if it were the intention of 

 nature that they should be cool. Water-proof boots, unless when 

 wading, are, to the majority of anglers, intolerable, being so heating and 

 wearying. J. D.] 



