Salmon FisJiing. 153 



Indeed no little amusement in our evening chat 

 after the incidents of the day have we extracted 

 from sundry remarks of a brother-fisherman 

 on the same subject, I am bound to say far from 

 complimentary to my outward appearance ; 

 though I ought perhaps to feel flattered at 

 any observations, favourable or not, at the 

 lips of one who, from the singular neatness of 

 his own " get up," I cannot but infer, must have 

 studied the subject too critically, to speak 

 otherwise than "ex cathedra," as he is wont. 

 It is not so much the cut of the coat and nether 

 garments friend critic condemns, as their un- 

 clerical colour. 



Now just fancy a fisherman equipped, accord- 

 ing to critic's ideas, in a black coat and white tie, 

 with a wideawake of approved shape ! Would 

 the sun shine less hot and bright than usual? 

 Or the eyes of the salmon see him the less 

 distinctly ? Or the wind and rain penetrate to 

 his discomfort with more difficulty ? For these, 



I must contend, are the most important consider- 

 L 



