THE LADY OR THE SALMON ? 109 



soon justified. In a shallow, below the narrow, 

 deep and dangerous rapids called " The Trows," 



Mr. K saw a salmon leaping in a very curious 



manner. On a closer examination, he found that 

 the fish was attached to a line. About seventy 

 yards higher he found, in shallow water, the body 

 of a man, the hand still grasping in death the butt 

 of the rod, to which the salmon was fast, all the 



line being run out. Mr. K at once rushed 



into the stream, and dragged out the body, in 

 which he recognised with horror the Hon. 

 Houghton Grannom, to whom the water was lately 

 let. Life had been for some minutes extinct, and 



though Mr. K instantly hurried for Dr. , 



that gentleman could only attest the melancholy 

 fact. The wading in " The Trows " is extremely 

 dangerous and difficult, and Mr. Grannom, who 

 was fond of fishing without an attendant, must have 

 lost his balance, slipped, and been dragged down 

 by the weight of his waders. The recent breaking 

 off of the hon. gentleman's contemplated marriage 

 on the very wedding-day will be fresh in the 

 memory of our readers.' 



