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never penned. The doer must have read, that pike, 

 when trolled for with the dead gorge, are to be allowed 

 time to pouch the "bait; and he sagely directs, that 

 after the salmon has "been " struck," he is to be 

 allowed time to take the hook out of his jaw, then 

 swallow it fairly and securely no mumbling it like 

 an old crust allowed; and when the hook is thus 

 comfortably lodged in his stomach, and the pro- 

 cess of digestion is commenced, it is to be fixed, 

 for the second and last time, by a " gentle twitch." 

 The steadiness and self-possession required to 

 manage a salmon after he is hooked; the peculiar 

 tact with which the angler now yields to the rush 

 of the fish, now holds hard when he appears to be 

 growing weak, are only to be acquired by practice, 

 as they can no more be taught by mere precept 

 than the art of dancing on the tight rope. To tell 

 a novice to be steady when he has hooked a sal- 

 mon for the first time now to give him line, now 

 to hold him in is like telling a young ensign, who 

 has never smelt powder but on field-days, to be 

 cool and collected in his first battle; or a cockney 

 not to be frightened when first a covey of par- 

 tridges starts up before him, within ten yards of 

 his nose. Favour us, gentle reader, with your pa- 

 tience for five minutes, while we attempt to give a 

 sketch of salmon-fishing, which will embody all the 

 practical information on the subject of catching a 

 salmon which we can convey; and to secure your 

 attention the better, you shall be the hero of the tale. 



