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Avas a big one, and therefore did not like the idea of 

 having him on a small hook. So a medium -sized 

 " Highlander " goes to him no use, no sign at all. 

 The day does not seem as if it was going to do so 

 well, and while we begin to feel disheartened, Johnnie's 

 face threatens to rival his legs in longitude. "We 

 show the fish a brilliant "Butcher : " we might have 

 thrown in the baker and the candlestick-maker 

 for all the good it does. 



We go and sit on the bank tired of wading back- 

 wards and forwards and of changing flies. The day 

 seemed dark to the two men ; all satisfaction is gone 

 from their faces. We get querulous, and Johnnie 

 a little sulky. We are not quite satisfied with him 

 we fancy that his abrupt " Whatt 1 " when he does 

 not quite catch what is being said to him is a little 

 disrespectful, though we had never noticed it to be 

 so before ; and we have an idea that he is also a 

 little dissatisfied with us, and attributes the want 

 of success to our not having done something or other 

 which we ought to have done. 



After a few minutes of silent smoking and gloomy 

 meditation, we proposed going further down. "It's 

 no good sitting here all day, Johnnie ; Are had better 

 go on and try the next pool. We've put the fish 

 down, and he's sulky. Don't you think AVC had 

 better go on." 



"Yes," replied Johnnie, "if you Avant Angus 

 MacHoAvdie to get him." 



