118 SALMONIA. [FIFTH DAY. 



Give me the rod, I will try and turn him; and do 

 you run down to the entrance of the pool, and throw 

 stones, to make him, if possible, run back. Ay ! 

 that stone has done good service ; he is now running 

 up into the pool again. Now call the fisherman, and 

 tell him to bring a long pole, to keep him if possible 

 from the sea. You have a good assistant, and I will 

 leave you, for tiring this fish will be at least a work of 

 two hours. He is not much less than 20 Ibs. and is 

 hooked under the gills, so that you cannot suffocate 

 him by a straight line. I wish you good fortune ; 

 but should he turn sulky, you must not allow him to 

 rest, but make the fisherman move him with the pole 

 again ; your chance of killing him depends upon his 

 being kept incessantly in action, so that he may 

 exhaust himself by exercise. I shall go and catch 

 you some river trout for your dinner : but I am glad 

 to see, before I take my leave of you, that Ornither 

 has likewise hold of fish, and, from his activity, a 

 lusty sea trout. 



[He goes, and returns in the afternoon.] 



HAL. "Well, Poietes, I hope to see your fish of 

 20 Ibs. 



POIET. Alas ! he broke me, turned sulky, and 

 went to the bottom ; and when he was roused again, 

 my line came back without the fly ; so that I conclude 



