GRAYLING. in 



" There now, my good sir, you've put him down at 

 once. You should have cast two yards above him." 



Now, that other great authority, the " R. S.," dis- 

 tinctly lays it down that you must make your cast just 

 from six inches to one foot above your fish, and he comes 

 at you straight. If you cast farther away, you give him 

 time to think and examine and suspect, and by the 

 time you are on him he has found you out and gives 

 you the cold shoulder. 



The Major is silent on this question, he only 

 smiles and takes his own course, which rarely fails to 

 bring in the unfortunate unsuspecting victim over 

 which he casts. Thus we talked and fished, and dis- 

 cussed everything all through the brief time of our 

 outing. It was a time of mirth and pleasure, and was 

 over all too soon. 



