134 SALMONIA. 



FIFTH DAY. 



H ALIEUS POIETES ORNITHER PHYSICUS. 



MORNING. 



HAL. WELL, is your tackle all ready ? It is 

 a fine fresh and cloudy morning, with a gentle 

 breeze a day made for salmon fishing. 



[They proceed to the river. ~] 



HAL. Now, my friends, I give up the 

 two best pools to you till one o'clock; and I 

 shall amuse myself above and below pro- 

 bably with trout fishing. As there is a pro- 

 mise of a mixed day, with what is rare in 

 this country a good deal of sunshine, I 

 will examine your flies a little, and point out 

 those I think likely to be useful ; or rather, I 

 will show you my flies, and, as you all have 

 duplicates of them, you can each select the 

 fly which I point out, and place it in a part 



