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ing fast round the neck behind the gill-covers ; and in the 

 Orchy, above Dalmally, an angler caught on one occasion 

 a large Trout, owing to its having swallowed, and appa- 

 rently been unable to disgorge, a Parr which had taken the 

 fly and was being landed. 



But perhaps a still more curious circumstance is the 

 following capture of a Salmon, witnessed during the past 

 season (1862) in the Galway River by Mr. Andrew, of Wey- 

 bridge, who has kindly furnished me with the particulars : 

 " When fishing in Ireland during the present year, I 

 was witness to an extraordinary occurrence, viz. a Salmon 

 which had been hooked and played for a considerable time, 

 taking a second fly. A Mr. Knowles was wading on one 

 side of the Galway River, and Captain Laurie was fishing 

 from the opposite bank ; the former hooked a Salmon and 

 had played it some minutes, at least 40 yards of line being 

 run out, when it suddenly made a dart across the river 

 and took Captain Laurie's fly. Supposing that he had 

 hooked the fish foul, Captain Laurie gave line, and the 

 Salmon was eventually gaffed on Mr. Knowles's side of 

 the river, when it was found that both flies were hooked 

 well in the inside of the mouth in the same corner, the 

 fly first taken being nearest the lip, and the second a little 

 further down in the mouth. The fish weighed between 

 10 and 11 Ibs." 



In a subsequent note Mr. Andrew says, " I have since 

 heard of an occurrence still more singular than that be- 

 fore mentioned a Salmon taking two shrimp-baits, the 



