Salmon Fishing. 1 1 3 



of kindness ; and their hearts are yours at once. 



Rain having fallen heavily in the night, it was 

 useless to attempt fishing on the following day. 

 This gave me an opportunity of making a few 

 flies, smaller and somewhat different from any 

 in my book. While busy in my work, as serious 

 as a judge, and intent as he upon its due per- 

 formance, in rushed Sally, the only domestic at 

 the hotel I ever saw; "Here's a lord, and two 

 English gintlemen with him, just come to the 

 hotel." And off dashed Sally again in the 

 wildest possible state of excitement. 



Towards the close of the day, having had a 

 pretty good surfeit of fly-making, I thought, by 

 way of a change, I would just stroll down the 

 road that was parallel with the river ; and whom 

 should I espy in the distance coming towards 

 me, but three strangers with rods in their hands, 

 and two or three attendants behind loaded with 

 landing-nets and baskets. 



When we met in the road, there seemed a 

 disposition in the youngest of the party to stop, 



