114 THE SALMON FISHER. 



can hardly enlist the sympathies of ycung and vigor- 

 ous readers, who prefer the records of present active 

 happenings. Only a few kindred hearts, already 

 seared and yellow, would perhaps respond sponta- 

 neously ; only a few be persuaded to " take a cup of 

 kindness [now] for days of auld lang syne." "Where- 

 fore, I forbear ! Sometimes it is almost sad to be 

 solitary, even upon a vivacious salmon stream where 

 fish are jumping. 



