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there is still something to interest and de- 

 light those who love a country life. Ay, 

 even then, I can sing with Heyrick : 



" Sweet country life, to such unknown 

 Whose lives are others', not their own ! " 



J. In fishing for trout in those rivers in 

 which salmon are found, is there not some 

 danger of your tackle being broken by fish 

 of the latter description ? 



S. Yes, and there are some ludicrous 

 instances on record ; but there is much 

 more power in a trout rod and trout tackle, 

 from the hands of a good maker, than many 

 anglers suppose. I heard a short time 

 since a well-authenticated anecdote of a 

 gentleman who, while trout-fishing in the 

 river Teign, in Devonshire, hooked with a 

 small dun-fly a magnificent salmon, which 

 he played for upwards of an hour without 

 exhausting the fish, being out alone, and 

 destitute of help. At length a countryman 

 approached, and the angler, perceiving that 



