From a culinary point of. view, 
another very good little Stour fish is 
the snig; this, I need hardly perhaps 
explain, is a kind of eel which does not 
migrate to the sea. It is much more 
delicate in flavor than the ordinary eel, 
and not at all oily. Tench also are to 
be netted in some of the holes; their 
gelatinous skin is considered a dainty, 
though personally I think it much the 
reverse, while the flesh is like boiled 
flannel. They had, however, a high 
reputation in the days when the Holy 
Fathers still inhabited Christchurch 
Priory, and ran up long bills for salmon 
among other luxuries, which history 
avers they were unable to pay. Duck 
shooting on the Stour is not the least 
The American Angler 
of its attractions as a. sporting river, 
and many a happy hour have I spent, 
crouching in a gaze, watching duck as 
they were driven. ‘‘up-along.”. -or 
‘‘down-along” as they say in those 
parts, according to the wind. 
This modest record of varied sport 
in our little Hampshire river falls far 
short of the brilliant doings in more 
celebrated streams, but at no time of 
the year does it fail to afford amuse- 
ment and occupation. Those only who 
have lived amongst river scenery can 
know how it grows into your very soul, 
and how, amidst the roar of a great 
city, the heart listens for the far-off 
music of the water's flow. 
