172 WHAT I HAVE SEEN WHILE FISHING 



We got the photo I give you here after many 

 failures, and, on the principle that half a fish is 

 better than none, I felt as " sadly thankful" as a 

 friend of mine said he was when a salmon, having 

 taken all his line down Glenlyon Pass, left him the 

 rod and winch. 



It's a sorry picure of a good day's take. I have, 

 however, forgiven it all its failures because it was 

 once especially kind to me and my long cherished 

 designs to snap my son, who was ever unwilling to 

 have his photo taken. 



I came across the camera on the bank, set it, 

 pointed it at him, pressed the trigger, heard the 

 click and then turned the number handle just as I 

 had seen him do. 



When developing and printing time came he 

 showed some irritation, but the result of my initia- 

 tive effort in photography was so good a picture, 

 and he so little prominent in it, that the aggrieved 

 one at last consented to let me have the picture, 

 and I here triumphantly display my production as a 

 proof that there is some luck in art. 



While fishing we are sure to make discoveries 

 which we desire to impart to others. I sometimes 

 think there must be a little vanity in this keenness 

 to diffuse knowledge ; or can it be that we give such 

 information only from a sense of duty ? Possibly it 

 is a pleasant mixture of these two incitements that 

 impels us. Be the motive what it may, I should 

 like to tell you of yet another bait for pollack which 



