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fished in the morning; but I will take you 

 to another part of the river; you shall each 

 catch a fish, and then we will give over ; for 

 the evenings sport should be kept till a late 

 season, July or August, when there is 

 little fly on in the day time : and it would be 

 spoiling the diversion of our host, to catch 

 or prick all the fish in the upper water; and 

 with a gentleman so truly liberal, and so 

 profuse of his means of giving pleasure to 

 others, no improper liberties should be taken. 

 I shall not fish myself, but shall have my 

 pleasure in witnessing your sport. It must 

 be in a boat, and you must steal slowly up 

 the calm water, and glide like aerial beings 

 on the surface, making no motion in the 

 water, and showing no shadow. Your fly 

 must be an orange or brown palmer with a 

 yellow body ; for the grey drake is not yet 

 on the water. The fish here are large, and 

 the river weedy, so you must take care of 

 your fish and your tackle. 



POIET. We have at least passed over half- 

 a-mile of water, and have seen no fish rise ; 

 yet there is a yellowish or reddish fly in the 



