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his property. To his surprise, the fish did 

 not resent his approach, in fact took no 

 notice of him ; and I blush to record that 

 the irate brother took mean advantage, and 

 kicked Robert very hard. So Robert dis- 

 appeared, it is thought for good ; but I 

 suspect him of living in anonymous seclusion 

 on a shallow lower down. 



Not very long ago a considerable sensation 

 was caused by the intelligence that one of 

 the brethren had hooked Long William 

 with some gaudy fly, and had even played 

 him for several minutes. The fish of course 

 got off", as a trout of that size generally does, 

 but the event has stimulated the fraternity 

 to fresh exertions ; and it is hoped that 

 some day not this year, perhaps, or even 

 next, but still some day he may be hooked 

 again. However, we never really expect 

 to catch one of these patriarchs ; a brace of 

 trout of a pound and a half each is the limit 

 of our hope, and even to that we attain but 

 seldom. Under the arches of the bridge 

 do we have the best chance. There the 

 stream ripples nicely, and the trout some- 

 times rise as trout should. 



Above the bridge lies Eldorado, the un- 



