514 ^'ILD SCENES AND -WILD HUNTERS. 



cold water was concerned, and the fact, that when we met 

 at table, he appeared, in spite of his philosophy, far from 

 refreshed or cheerful, I could not help attributing it to 

 his neglect of this precaution. Poor Piscator, with all his 

 puisance in ' flies,' his appetite for that delicious trout dinner 

 failed him. 



