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pressing, it will, no doubt, repay your labour. 

 You must now take to a double-handed rod, if 

 you have one, for the water is strong and wide, 

 adapting, of course, any kind of bait you think 

 may suit. Asa general rule, when I have seen 

 the fly persevered in the whole of the day, 

 reckoning at the end of it, it has, on most 

 occasions, come far ben. In fact, I have found it, 

 in most instances, the most successful, provided 

 you get over a good deal of water, say five or 

 six miles a day. In ordinary fishing, you should 

 never go less than two or three miles an hour ; 

 for, if you can only occasionally hie to the river 

 side for health and recreation, it is amazing how 

 much you can get over, being fresh men and 

 fresh minded. How soon now do you get to 

 your destinations, per rail, not as it used to be, 

 say to Kelso, by Soutra Hill coachman and 

 guard, and a ride of four hours or so, and per- 

 haps in the rain all the way. What a social 

 world the men who are in it should make it, by 

 the unheard of speed we now can visit places, 

 and our friends ! What a splendid tribute to the 

 genius of Stephenson and Brunei, is thus paid ! 

 That we can attend the sick-bed of a dying 

 mother or father, and bid farewell, hand in 



