The Sun.
London, England, 1832-11-07 00:00:00

A FISH CHASE.

Mr. Walter Thorburn was angling in the Tweed
la,t week, and hooked a salmon at a place called the
New Water, below Innerleithen. The fish proved
remarkably cantstary from the beginning, refusing
and despising all manner of control. In short, he
would neither turn nor wind, but just run where be
pleased, so that Mr. Thorburn began to think "
the
de'il was the fish if ever he leevit amang water.-
At length the fish took it into his head, or rather
into his tail, to run straight down the river. Off l:e
went, and Walter after him full speed, with the
line generally at or very near its full length. There
was no stop nor stay—down he went for the first
mile " like a fiery dragon," about which time our
b:eathless angler perceived with horror a huge tree
lying in them dst of the river in deep water, and ics
branches extending half way from side to side. IJt
dashed into the water, to conduct his line past this
unmannerly interference. But, unluckily, in the
eddy caused by the tree, the flood had formed.ll
quicksand, in which Mr. T. instantly sunk, and stuck
fast. The line was run our, and he had no shift but
to fling the rod from him, and let the unaccountable
fish take it all to himself. Away went the fish, and
away went the r.,d, and there was Walter standing
struggling, sunk to the waist in the quicksand. It
was twenty minutes before he got himself extri-
cated, and by that time he was quite forespent, and,
the fish, and the rod, and the grand reel, and and
straight on their course to Berwick-upon-Tweed.
He, however, ran as fast as he coulif, "and sent his
voice before him as he flew," never letting one cry
of despair await the end of another. The wlicile
district was astonished, not knowing what in the
world was the matter with the young man. The
shepherd left his flock on the hill, and ran toward
Tweed side; the ploughman left his plough in the
middle furrow; and even girls and old dames left
the potatoe-field, and basted towards the river, say-
ing to one another, " Gudeness preserve us ! what
ails. Wattle Thorburn the day; he's surely gave
dementit." At length, his brother of Juniper Bank
heard the unearthly cries, and, mounting his horse,
galloped to his afflicted brother's assistance. He
then recovered the hold of his rod, and finally landed
the salmon, after a chase of little short of four mike.
He was a small fish, and hooked by the tail !--•
Edinburgh Evening Post.

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Brocklehurst, jun., Esq., of a daughter.
MARRIED.
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On the sth inst. at Ramsgate, Mitchell Greenaway, e-'''nde
the East India Company's Service, to Mary, daughter of the
l'hoinas Iriquet, Lsq., of Camberwell-grove.
On the 6th inst. at Hackney, T. A. Allnutt, Esq., of Sutt,i'Ll
Courtney, Berkshire, to Mary Louisa, only child of SO'
Nellite, of Grove-place, Hackney.
DIED. Oti the tith inst. at Harrow, Agnes Sophia, daughter of tn,
Rev. William Mills.
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of
Elizabeth, the wife of Joseph Darby, Esq., formerly
the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards.
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crescent, Hampstead-road, in 33d year of his age.
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