IQ4 Salmon Fishing. 



have been nearer to a fatal termination than 

 he imagined. 



It seems that the poor fellow in question had 

 not long since taken the fishery, and was doubt- 

 less looking forward with much delight to the 

 opportunities it would give him of enjoying 

 "ad libitum" his favourite amusement. In 

 fact, if my memory does not mislead me, it 

 was his first day's appearance with his salmon- 

 rod on the banks of the river. 



I remember well, when the place was pointed 

 out to me, it struck me that no water could 

 be more treacherous, none more likely to entrap 

 an unwary fisherman. Down for some distance 

 swept a smooth current, every inch of which an 

 experienced eye could see at a glance was good 

 holding-ground for a fish. Right across it, and 

 opposite the bend in the bank below was a 

 white line of ruffled water, and just within this 

 on the lower side a deep abyss so deep indeed, 

 that woe betide the luckless wretch, who was 

 dragged down within its cruel clutches ; I say 



