TAKING A SALMO HUCHO. 267 



fish ! You surely were too quick, for he 

 sprung out of the water at the bleak. 



HAL. I was not too quick ; but he rose 

 just as the bleak was on the surface, and saw 

 me; and now he is frightened, and gone 

 down into the deep water. We must retire 

 till we see him feeding again, which will be, 

 I hope, in a few minutes, for his violence 

 shows he is not yet satisfied. 



POIET. I think I saw him moving in an- 

 other part of the pool : it is now ten minutes 

 since we saw him last. 



HAL. You are right ; he is again on the 

 feed, and in a place where we have a better 

 chance of hooking him, as the water is deeper 

 and in the shade. He has run again at the 

 bleak, but only as it shone on the surface 

 but he is not frightened. Ah ! he has taken 

 it, and is floundering and struggling ! He is 

 a powerful fish. 



ORN. He fights well, and runs towards 

 the side where the rock is. 



HAL. Take the net and frighten him 

 from that place, which is the only one where 

 there is danger of losing him. He is clear 



