30 SALMONIA. 



POIET. I am astonished! It appears to 

 me that the very same fish are again feeding. 

 There are two fish rising nearly in the same 

 spot where they rose before: can they be 

 the same fish? 



HAL. It is very possible. It is not likely 

 that three other fish of that size should occu- 

 py the same haunts. 



POIET. But I thought after a fish had 

 been hooked, he remained sick and sulky 

 for some time, feeling his wounds uncom- 

 fortable. 



HAL. The fish that I hooked is not 

 rising in the same place, and therefore, pro- 

 bably was hurt by the hook; but one of 

 these fish seems to be the same that carried 

 off your fly, and it is probable that the hook 

 only struck him in a part of the mouth where 

 there are no nerves; and that he suffered 

 little at the moment, and does not now feel 

 his annoyance. 



POIET. I have seen him take four or five 

 flies: I shall throw over him. There, he 

 rose, but refused the fly. He has at least 

 learnt from the experiment he has made, 



