132 Salmon Fishing. 



of the latter had he the heart to part with. He 

 would expatiate in glowing terms on the lovely 

 tints, and rare excellencies of his beloved store ; 

 aye, as long as you cared to listen to him ; but 

 not a hint would he take (I could not help 

 dropping one or two) that a few odds and ends 

 would be satisfactory to some one else. 



Long after my return home was the Dovey 

 uppermost in my thoughts, and I was not 

 satisfied till I had renewed my visit to its 

 attractive banks. For many years since (how 

 time does gallop on !) the same inclination leads 

 me to spend hours upon hours in my old haunts ; 

 often with little, but never with so little, sport, 

 as to drive me thence altogether. 



So inviting a looking river, and withal so 

 accessible, can scarcely fail of attracting fresh 

 and fresh relays of brethren of the angle year 

 after year. Very few however, beside the old 

 habitues care to come again after a few failures. 

 They get hold of the best possible guide ; per- 

 severe day after day; in fact omit nothing within 



