nearly  exhausted,  hurried  to  the  spot.  By  the  united
efforts  of  the  party,  who  were  of  course  delighted  with
such  an  adventure,  the  splendid  fish  was  hauled  ashore,
to  the  no  small  gratification  of  the  inmates  of  Altrive
House,  which  rang  till  the  "  wee  short  hours"  with  this
deed  of  piscatory  chivalry.  Professor  Wilson  was  of
the  party,  and  turned  the  laugh  as  usual  against  the
shepherd,  by  seriously  maintaining  that  he  had  actually
been  carried  on  the  fish's  back  from  one  side  of  the
Tweed  to  the  other.
The  flies  to  be  used  in  Scotland  in  ordinary  salmon-
fishing  may  be  enumerated  as  follows,  the  angler  filling
up  the  catalogue  according  to  his  fancy  or  experience.
No.  7.  Limerick.  The  body — claret  and  orange  mo-
hair, or  red  cock's  hackle,  with  green  tip  ribbed  with
gold  twist;  legs  —  black  hackle;  wings — turkey  feather
with  white  tip.
No.  5.  Body — greenish  yellow  mohair,  ribbed  with
gold  twist  and  red  tip;  legs — black  hackle;  wings —
mottled  grey.
No.  4.  Body — one  half  pale  red,  the  other  half  orange
mohair  with  gold  twist;  tip — turkey's  wing;  legs — red
hackle;  wings — the  black  and  white  tail-feather  of  the
turkey.
The  English  rivers  are  but  of  little  importance  in
salmon-fishing  ;  and,  on  this  account  we  need  give  no
formal  enumeration  of  particular  coloured  flies  for  these
waters.  The  best  method  perhaps  is  to  get  flies  dressed
on  such  sized  hooks,  and  in  such  colours  as  will  generally
answer  at  all  seasons,  for  trout,  salmon,  sea-trout,
whiting,  etc.
