1 06 Salmon Fishing. 



afterwards for the recipient of these kindnesses 

 to have a large gathering of the volunteers 

 at the close of the day, when they and their 

 families were regaled with the best cheer the 

 parsonage contained. 



Oh, the blessed state of things, if elsewhere, 

 beside this little secluded spot, the like Christian 

 spirit prevailed ! 



Once or twice I fell in with the Parson himself, 

 who was not only a fisherman, but one, I heard, 

 whom few could beat with the rod. A peculiar 

 fancy of his (few of the fraternity are without 

 them) was that a certain fly in his book was 

 irresistible, when others (I understood him) failed 

 to get an offer. The speciality of this fly was, 

 that the body was made of the hair of one of 

 his fair daughter's heads, of a rich dark brown 

 hue, and glossy withal. The father's fondness 

 for his child, I saw at a glance, went a long way 

 in so impressing him with faith in the virtues of 

 the fly, as to fall very little short of their being 

 miraculous. 



