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yard, can "be compared to the active exertion of grouse- 

 shooting. The angler who lives in the neighbourhood 

 of, or visits even the "best trout streams, has not unfre- 

 quently to walk miles, if he wishes to bring home a 

 well filled creel, before he finds it worth his while to 

 make a cast. When he has reached a place where 

 trout are plentiful, and disposed to rise, his labours 

 then only commence. He now and then hooks a large 

 tro at, which he has to keep in play for some time "before 

 he can draw Trim to land. The fish has run all the line 

 out, and with strong effort is making up or down the 

 stream ; and the angler, "being no longer able to follow 

 him on the shore for a tree, a rock, or a row of alders 

 prevent him, and knowing that his tackle, which 

 towards the hook is of the finest gut, will not hold the 

 trout, and rather than lose the speckled "beauty, three 

 pounds weight at the least, into the water he goes, up to 

 his knees, and possibly a yard above, the first step. 

 And thus he continues leading a sort of amphibious life, 

 now on land, now in the water, for nearly half a day, till 

 he has Trilled his creel-full, about the size of a fish-wo- 

 man's pannier, with some three or four dozen besides, 

 strung on his garters and suspended over his rod. In 

 this guise, light-hearted for he has reason to be proud 

 of his success though heavily laden, he takes his way 

 homeward; and then does he, for the first time, note 

 how rapidly the hours have fled. He came out about 

 two in the afternoon, just thinking to try if the trout 

 would rise, as there had been a shower in the morning 

 and the water was a little colored; and he now perceives 



