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satisfaction. "Owing to the very unsettled 

 state of the weather, sport has been bad. 

 Still Captain T. killed three salmon ; Major 

 M., five ; the Rev. R. B. } seven ; and Mr. F. 

 C, who had never killed a salmon before, two, 

 which gave fine sport.'' May the writer whom, 

 some years ago, I saw with my own eyes, 

 and admired as a fine specimen of a straight- 

 forward, manly Irishman, "still" continue to 

 write, and "still" do his best to stir up our 

 flagging hopes of good days to come. 



As parsons, it would seem, from the in- 

 numerable circulars they receive by almost 

 every post, of investments that must inevitably 

 pay fabulous dividends, are regarded by specu- 

 lators as rather soft in money matters, so are 

 Piscators a credulous race in the eyes of the 

 world at large, and especially of hotel-keepers 

 who have a " nice stretch of water to offer them, 

 if they feel disposed to patronise them with 

 their welcome company." 



Seated perhaps day after day in a close 



