THE SPORTING WORLD. 161 



Scotland, nay, even Norway, can boast of their 

 visitors in search of sport ; but these are the 

 fly-fishers of trout and salmon celebrity, such 

 are of a different stamp to "the patience in a 

 punt " brethren. I hold there to be something 

 aristocratic, nay, elegant, in the art of fly-fish- 

 ing ; the sweep of the rod, the graceful motion 

 of the arm, and scientific pliability of the wrist, 

 are , only learned in perfection by the elite of 

 anglers. If in fishing for perch you find your 

 float pulled under water and away from you, 

 you might lay down your rod, go to lunch, 

 return and you would be (barring a casualty) 

 sure of finding Mr. Perch, with your hook 

 firmly fixed, probably, in his stomach ; not so 

 the trout, he, if permitted, rushes here and 

 there, showing most inconceivable pranks to ex- 

 tricate himself, which, with a muff", he would 

 probably achieve. 



Salmon-fishing is, as I have heard and con- 

 ceive, a very exciting sport ; here you have 



