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out ? he asked. Our minnows, when last 

 seen, had been spinning beautifully. 



"I dinna' ken the explanation," answered 

 William stoutly ; " but I ken what I ha'e 

 said is fact. Last spring I was fushin' wi' 

 an Airmy gentleman. He began wi' a 

 fly-rod, just like your ain, and fushed wi't 

 for three days, and didna' get a rug. 

 Then, on my advice, he tried a trollin'- 

 rod, a stiff rod, and got at least ae salmon 

 every day." 



"Just luck," said my friend. "I can 

 understand that a fly-rod, being whippy, 

 may not hook a fish so neatly as a trolling - 

 rod ; but you don't mean to tell me that 

 a minnow attached to a fly-rod is less 

 attractive than a minnow attached to a 

 trolling-rod ? " 



"I do mean to tell ye that," said 

 William ; and he told his notion over 

 again with some heat. He didna' ken 

 why it was, but was quite certain, that 

 a minnow managed by a fly-rod was not 

 so taking as a minnow managed by a 

 trolling-rod. 



