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stockings, always carrying with him in his creel, 

 when he expects that he will have to take the 

 water, a pair of felt soles, and a pair of lambs-wool 

 stockings or socks. Thin plaid trowsers are much 

 "better to wade in than thick milled kerseymeres, 

 which after they are wet, "become as stiff as a 

 board. Gentlemen to whom the dampness of their 

 nether garments is peculiarly annoying, should put 

 them off when they wade, taking care to secure 

 their purse in the coat or waistcoat pocket, lest 

 some dishonest person should steal their trowsers, 

 an'd thus p]ace them in a most awkward predica- 

 ment. 



SALMON. 



The salmon, above all other fish, both from its 

 value and the sport afforded in its capture, is the 

 most worthy of the angler's attention ; and to hook 

 and kill a fine fresh-run lively fish of this species, 

 weighing from seven to seventeen pounds, requires 

 the exertion of all his patience and skill. Owing to 

 the scarcity of this fish in the south of England, 

 angling for salmon, either with fly, worm, or min- 

 now, is seldom practised south of the Tees. In the 

 northern counties, where they are more plentiful 

 the Tyne, in Northumberland, and the Eden and the 

 Derwent, in Cumberland, are the rivers which afford 

 the best chance of success to the salmon fisher. A good 

 many salmon are caught with the rod in the Tweed, 



