50 BRITISH SPORTING FISHES. 
slaughter that ensued was great. That long 
summer evening was a memorable one, and 
in weight it proved the best fishing of a life- 
time. The larger fish fought pluckily, but as. 
there was no method in their madness, they were 
pulled in one by one. Yet what is the “ play” of 
a hundredweight of coarse rudd to that of a 
ten-pound salmon fresh run from the sea? But 
are not comparisons odious? A long day in the 
old slimy punt has its quiet joys as well as one 
after salmon and trout; and then each can be 
indulged in when the other is prohibited, 
