The Badminton Magazine 1898-04: Vol 6 Iss 33 (1898)
Longman, Green & Co · leaf 117
THE BADMINTON MAGAZINE 472 ‘Butcher,’ ‘ Dusty Miller,’ ‘Greenwell,’ Often in his day Yet he said them nay! ‘ Murdoch,’ ‘ McIntyre,’ ‘ Canary,’ Failed alike to ‘ grass’ This great Scottish ‘salar’ wary, "Cutest of his class. … Whilst a hook with worms appearing In his wat’ry lair, Set this fish patrician sneering— Not for him such fare ! All the flies were oft cast o’er him Known to angler’s brain; All the baits, too, put before him, But were tried in vain. Oh! what rapture to have hooked him And have played him—yet,…
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