150 Salmon Fishing. 



.specimen in question had on a wideawake of 

 the most jaunty style, but so much out of 

 the perpendicular, that in a gusty day his head 

 must very soon have been relieved of it. The 

 jacket, however, was the greatest attraction to 

 any one curious in such matters. In spite of 

 the sultry heat, and often burning sunbeams 

 of an August day, it was one of a delicate 

 plum-coloured velvet, or, strictly speaking, 

 velveteen, cut evidently for appearance, cer- 

 tainly not comfort's sake ; and the dark-shining 

 waterproofs that covered his lower extremities 

 made him look very neat and attractive, no 

 doubt, in a lady's eyes ; but as unlike a fisher- 

 man, as a stickleback is a salmon. On one 

 side of him stood a lady, I took for granted 

 to be his wife, from the singular interest she 

 seemed to shew in all his proceedings. Hard by 

 also was stationed a biggish " button-boy," with 

 an enormous landing-net in his hand waiting to 

 assist his master in a way he was, I imagined, all 

 unaccustomed to, though I ventured a prophecy 



