Salmon Fishing. 1 1 1 



that season of the year, and so close to the sea, 

 I should have looked for anything than the 

 yellowish cast of colour he presented to my 

 eyes. Nor did any of the fish I landed from 

 this river afterwards appear to me to differ much 

 in this respect. They certainly were in good 

 condition, and when cut and eaten had the rich 

 colour and flavour, salmon in season usually 

 have. Whence then this yellowish tint ? 



I know full well from experience, that trout 

 differ greatly in colour ; having killed them in a 

 little stream in the Black Mountains in Brecon- 

 shire, of a beautiful golden colour ; and in a 

 stream on Dartmoor, not far from the French 

 prison, well-nigh as black as my hat. Though 

 the fancies we entertain about salmon in general 

 are by no means few, the facts, I suspect, are 

 scanty in the extreme. 



The fish I had just landed was barely ten 

 pounds, and as he fell sadly short of the weight, 

 and destitute of the colour, I dearly love to look 

 upon, when extended upon the green sward, I 



