56 ANGLING REMINISCENCES. 



alderman under his jacket a blown, pulpy, and 

 dropsical aspect about him, that renders it more the 

 marvel how he could display such activity, and suffer 

 so many hard licks as he did. Well the glutton 

 knew what are the choicest morsels on a clean-run 

 salmon ! Look you how this noble fish has been 

 dealt with ! All the epicure bits torn scientifically 

 out. What a gap there is betwixt the pectoral and 

 vental fin, and round the shoulders also ! See what 

 gobs have been extracted ! 



Otter. Ay, Jack, well may all honest anglers 

 applaud us for the service we have done them in 

 destroying this river-tyrant and unconscionable 

 glutton ! But we must bind his legs together, and 

 carry him shoulder-high over one of these stakes ; 

 he will astonish bravely our fraternity at the inn, 

 and extract a fling of ecstacy from the worthy Doc- 

 tor. It is high time for us to march, and we are 

 laden, like kings, triumphant. 



Exeunt* 



