. Pleasures of angling with rod and reel for trout and salmon . IX. CAPTTJBE OF MY FUtST SALMON. An than, continued Jock, whan a muckle chiel o asalmon, wioot time tae consider whether yer flee is for hiswaime or only for his mooth — whether its made by natur orby Jock Hall — plays flap ! and by mistak gangs to digestwhat he has gotten for his breakfast, but suspecs he cannaswallow the line along wi his mornin meal till he takes someexercise ! — an than tae see the line ticht, an the rod bendinlike a heuck, an to fin something gaun fra the fish up theline and up the rod till it reaches yer ver
. Pleasures of angling with rod and reel for trout and salmon . IX. CAPTTJBE OF MY FUtST SALMON. An than, continued Jock, whan a muckle chiel o asalmon, wioot time tae consider whether yer flee is for hiswaime or only for his mooth — whether its made by natur orby Jock Hall — plays flap ! and by mistak gangs to digestwhat he has gotten for his breakfast, but suspecs he cannaswallow the line along wi his mornin meal till he takes someexercise ! — an than tae see the line ticht, an the rod bendinlike a heuck, an to fin something gaun fra the fish up theline and up the rod till it reaches yer verra heart, that gangsfit pat at yer throat like a tickin watch; until the bonniecreatur, after rinnin up an doon like mad, noo sulkin asidea stane to cure his teethache, then bilkin awa wi a scunnerat the line, tryin every dodge, an syne gies in, comes to yernan clean beat in fair play, and lies on the bank, sayin Waes me ! wi his tail, an makin his will wi his gills anmooth time aboot! Eh ! mon ! its splendid !— [NormanMacleod, D. D., in The Starling!. Y impatience to make my first castand take my first salmon was sogreat that the hours consumed inpitching tents, unpacking storesand arranging camp generally,seemed a sinful waste of preciousmoments. I did not wish, ofcourse, to take advantage of theuseful industry and greater pa-tience of my companions; but Imentally voted them over nice in their anxiety to PLEASURES OF ANGLING. 61 * make things comfortable when, in my state ofmind, the only thing which seemed requisite to thesupremest comfort was the capture of a that result achieved, I felt that I could beabundantly comfortable sitting upon a bare rock athigh nooD munching hard tack and bacon. I mustin some way have manifested my restlessness, forthe General, trying to hide his kindliness under avery thin veneering of brusqueness, said to me, D., you are of no earthly use here. I wish youwould get out of the way and go a-fishing. Asthis remark was made seve
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