So Salmon Fishing. 



was no less keen, than his greediness for 

 plunder. He certainly had the good taste to 

 wind up his line, and walk away, " a sadder," 

 if not "a wiser man;" and I believe I never 

 set eyes on him again. 



Though one of our greatest bards has called 

 (or rather miscalled) angling a " solitary vice," 

 not the least of its advantages is, that it can be 

 right-pleasantly pursued in solitude, far more 

 than any other sport. 



Except on the first day's trial of a new river, 

 I infinitely prefer fishing without even an 

 attendant. Should a heavy fish or two be 

 captured, there is ever at hand some gorse-bush 

 or other equally safe hiding-place, till a keeper 

 or countryman heave in sight, to help you in 

 your emergency. It is a great relief to me, at 

 least at times, to be quite alone, without the 

 restraint of having every movement watched, and 

 everything you do, or say, carefully treasured 

 up, to be doled out for the edification of the 

 next stranger under tow. 



