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Life of St. Columba (Author: [unknown])

Chapter 18

Of the fishes which were specially provided by God for the blessed man

ON another occasion, when some hardy fishermen, companions of this renowned man, had taken five fish in their net in the river Sale (the Shiel, or Seil), which abounds in fish, the saint said to them, ‘Try again,’ said he; ‘cast thy net into the stream, and you shall at once find a large fish which the Lord has provided for me.’ In obedience to the saint's command they hauled in their nets a salmon of astonishing size, which God had provided for him.