NINTH DAY.] 



TAKING A SALMO HUCHO. 



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POIET. I think I saw him moving in another part 

 of the pool ; it is now ten minutes since we saw him last. 



HAL. You are right; he is again on the feed, 

 and in a place where we have a better chance of 

 hooking him, as the water is deeper and in the shade. 

 He has run again at the bleak, but only as it shone 

 on the surface but he is not frightened. Ah ! he 

 has taken it, and is floundering and struggling. He 

 is a powerful fish. 



ORN. He fights well, and runs towards the side 

 where the rock is. 



HAL. Take the net and frighten him from that 

 place, which is the only one where there is danger 

 of losing him. He is clear now, and begins to tire, 

 and in a few minutes more he will be exhausted. 

 Now land him. 



POIET. A noble fish. But how like a trout ! 

 exactly like a sea trout in whiteness, and I think in 

 spots. 



