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either place some members of both families were 

 generally to be seen. On many ecclesiastical ques- 

 tions the Archdeacon and he did not agree, but 

 their friendship was never broken, and on many 

 matters of difficulty my father found in the Arch- 

 deacon a valued counsellor and guide. Of all re- 

 laxations from work, there were none more congenial 

 to his tastes at that time than entomology and fly- 

 fishing. He rarely, however, took a holiday in the 

 modern acceptation of the word ; that is to say, he 

 seldom, if ever, left home for a few Sundays, as most 

 clergy now do, although few worked harder than 

 he. Still, he managed to find time for pursuing his 

 favourite study. Sometimes he would visit a distant 

 place to catch some rare entomological specimens, 

 or spend, though very occasionally, a few days with 

 an old friend at a distance ; but what he enjoyed per- 

 haps more than anything else in the way of sport was 

 a day's fishing in the Lowthorpe trout-stream. This 

 noted water ran within a couple of miles of Nafferton 

 Vicarage, and it afforded perhaps as good sport as 

 any stream in England. It was strictly preserved, 

 and, through the kindness of the owner, Colonel 

 St. Quintin, my father had permission to fish there 

 whenever he liked a privilege which, though he 

 availed himself of it but sparingly, was most thoroughly 

 appreciated. He generally used a rod and flies of 

 his own making, and he seldom failed to catch a 

 good basket of fish. The following note from his 

 fly-fishing book is worth recording : "1848, Low- 

 thorpe, July 29th, nineteen brace ; put in one brace 



