yo Salmon Risking. 



temerity, in lingering a little to watch the mid- 

 night antics of these mysterious creatures, as they 

 were dancing in the moonlight. Very strange it 

 struck me, that this big, brawny type of manli- 

 ness, with brains so sharp on other subjects, 

 should stray away wool-gathering on this ! 



Not long after I commenced fishing, I hooked 

 and landed a sea-trout, from three to four pounds 

 weight ; well satisfied with the smallest of favours 

 the shy goddess was disposed to confer upon me. 



The only remark I heard from C m n, on 



receiving this little spotted beauty from my 

 hands was, "Never fear, you'll have a fushe 

 soon/' A fushe soon ! What description of 

 animal does the fellow call this, then, thought I ? 



It soon appeared, that for every other fresh- 

 water, finny creature, except a real Salmo-Salar, 

 he entertained a supreme contempt, to the 

 extent almost of denying that they were fish 

 at all. 



Talk of the caprice of the fair sex ! What are 

 they compared with the whims of trout and 



