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cooled ten minutes before he is wanted for the 

 kettle or the gridiron, is a fish little inferior to 

 the best salmon of the best rivers. It is now 

 nearly two o'clock, and there is a cloud over 

 the sun ; the fly is becoming less abundant ; 

 you are now likely, Poietes, to have better 

 sport. Try in that deep pool, below the Turn* 

 bling Bay ; I see two or three good fish rising 

 there, and there is a lively breeze. The 

 largest fish refuses your fly again and again ; 

 try the others. There, you have hooked him ; 

 now carry him down stream, and keep his 

 head high, out of the weeds. He plunges and 

 fights with great force; he is the best-fed 

 fish I have yet seen at the end of the line, and 

 will weigh more, in proportion to his length* 

 I will land him for you. There he is, and 

 measures 1 9 inches ; and I dare say his weight 

 is not much short of 3 Ibs. We will preserve 

 him in the well. 



POIET. He has hardly any spots, and is 

 silvery all over ; and the whole of the lower 

 part of his body is beautifully clean. 



HAL. He is likewise broad-backed ; and 

 you may observe his few spots are black, and 

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