4O Salmon Fishing. 



season friend Tyro re-visited the river, he had 

 hooked and landed four or five fish in one 

 day, though I believe they were not fit to kill. 

 And in course of conversation with him, he 

 talked of salmon-fishing, as though he were 

 quite conversant with it in all its branches. 

 " Now I am a fisherman," he said, " I mean to 

 spend 10 in new tackle." "Now I am a fisher- 

 man." In what, I thought to myself, does your 

 rapid proficiency lie ? Certainly in not a fraction 

 more, than the ability to get out your line, and 

 to land a few kelts ! 



What hundreds are there with scarcely more 

 experience than friend Tyro, who, every year, 

 are launched upon the rivers and lakes of Great 

 Britain and Ireland, and write doleful complaints 

 in the Field, Land and Water, and other like 

 excellent publications, of their utter want of 

 success. They seem altogether oblivious of the 

 fact, that in many a river where salmon are 

 known to abound in great numbers, the privi- 

 leged few who have the command of the water, 



