Salmon Fishing. 191 



hotly engaged with a large salmon in a 

 dangerous river. 



Very quietly, on the contrary, and composedly, 

 would the higher dignitary comport himself 

 under similar circumstances. No ostensible 

 exhibition of feeling on his placid countenance ! 

 No undue haste evinced in his deliberate move- 

 ments ! Strong as the other in his determination 

 to win the day, and stubborn not to yield an 

 inch more than he can help, be the salmon ever 

 so impatient ; who knows but that the latter's 

 method is not attended with the most success 

 in salmon-fishing, as well as in more important 

 matters. 



