.260 Salmon Fishing. 



than compensated for his trial of patience ? 



Not only then should the salmon fisher 

 encourage this latter virtue, but the absence 

 also of fretfulness, when a want of sport is 

 the result of a hard day's perseverance, Fret- 

 fulness indeed! Why how seldom is it that 

 the banks of a river, are devoid of objects to 

 delight the eyes, and right-pleasantly employ 

 the mind ? 



It seems but yesterday (alas, how time does 

 gallop on!) that I borrowed an old bell- 

 mouthed brass blunderbuss (my first attempt 

 at shooting), and great was my joy, when I 

 blew a tomtit almost to pieces with it, at a 

 few yards' distance. The little mangled car- 

 case I felt as proud of exhibiting as a proof 

 of my prowess, as the deadly hero in a sporting 

 paper seemed to have been of late when 

 recording his murderous slaughter of grouse, 

 so many head in so many hours ! After this 

 exploit of mine, it was not long ere I could 

 detect a bird by his flight, almost as soon as 



