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manner, the following colloquy ensued with Gibby, 

 the gillie in charge of the boat. 



" Weel, noo, dun yer ken what fysshe wa'en ta'en 

 the day, wath the hairy worrem ? " 



"No!" 



" Wai, twanty-four dozen sma' throut jest an they 

 twa white fysshe sure, it's a fearsome baste, an' a 

 regular kill deil." 



To those anglers who habitually smoke whilst 

 fishing, and their name is legion, we would tender a 

 word of advice. Never carry vesuvians loose in any 

 of your coat pockets, or you may perchance be 

 troubled with a touch of heartburn externally, as was 

 the experience of the writer on one occasion whilst 

 playing a fish from the banks of the Tweed. We had 

 unconsciously given the receptacle of the pipe lights 

 a touch with the butt end of the rod, when the whole 

 ignited, the result of the conflagration being loss of 

 the fish, and the spoliation of certain garments. 



We may here also observe that, when landing a 

 fish with a short-handled gaff upon a high bank over 

 deep water, it is not always safe to be backed with a 

 well-filled creel, for should the creel happen to 

 suddenly and unexpectedly find its way to the 

 front, why you may feel as we did once, viz., that 

 a cold water plunge is inevitable under the circum- 

 stances. 



In salmon as in trout fishing, the location of a fish 

 poised for feeding or perhaps rising, requires often a 

 little reconnoitring. The course of the water in his 

 immediate vicinity should be noted, and the lure 



