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Show Scotch Colo Evidently Hcd Fc.idness for Fish , The rea, ...r.,:.:. of this adventure was eow. .. angler could t fly and had caught trout in the soul of liagland, bu: Sad never .0 o as teen a salim-n river. Great , his joy there.ere. when one da B. recti ved an invitation to nn 0 the moot famous spring salmon rive.-In rive.-In the north of Scotland, sajs Field. In the very first cast uial tried he hooked and landed his n salmon a ten-pounder. The first salmon is always the most perfect and beautiful that ever -seen and the angler reflected that he carried his fish in the bag al da it would dry and lose its lovely siiei On the top of the brae there was a marshy nook that would answer purpose admirably. He deposited ni treasure in this nest and, having covered cov-ered it with a thick layer of ruie. went on his way. The rest of the day he caught nothing noth-ing except a half-pound trout. Sim he was very happy and content as he turned homeward and whistled merrily mer-rily as he approached the nuu-h nook. But there he found a highland cow in the act of consuming his salmon, of which little remained except ex-cept the head and the tail. In h,s anger he flung the trout savagely at the cow, hitting her full in the face; but, so far from taking offense, sue seemed rather to think that he had brought her a bonne bouche wherewith where-with to complete the feast, for, after gazing at him for a moment with the Innocent, confiding eyes of her kind, she contentedly swallowed the trout. |