160 THE rector's pool. 



chances on this pool he from tliis rivulet a down 

 to the Rector's garden wall b, about one hun- 

 dred and fifty yards. The stream sets in to this 

 side A B all the way, — in fact, to the bridge 

 G, causing a considerable depth under us, and 

 an increasino- shallowness till it leaves much 

 shingle dry on the other side c f when the 

 river is low. But about forty or fifty yards 

 down, near the opposite side, there is a gentle 

 eddy d, and, consequently-, deeper water. In 

 high water it eddies much also all the way 

 down under this bank, causing many deep holes 

 of ten or twelve feet in its lowest state, especially 

 about half-way down the field, and about thirty 

 yards above the garden wall, which spots are 

 indicated by the indentations in the bank. Op- 

 posite this rivulet a it is rather shallow : iii 

 fact, it is the head of the pool ; but below the 

 opposite eddy d the mid channel retains much 

 of a uniform depth of about seven or eight feet in 

 driest weather all the way till below the Rector's 

 garden e. It is towards this side, as being the 

 deepest, that the salmon lie; close to and almost 

 under it in low water ; and during better seasons, 

 in the opposite eddy d, and below it, in the 

 mid channel at about twenty yards off this bank. 

 The plan of fishing this sort of stream will vary 

 very much, according to the height of water. 

 Opposite to this rivulet is an excellent spot, when 



