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CHAPTER XXVIII. 



A CHAPTEB OF ACCIDENTS. 



We have previously remarked in these pages of what 

 enormous advantage to the angler is the knowledge of 

 a river, as, apart from other considerations, one possessed 

 of such should, at the first glance at the water, be able 

 to accurately gauge its height at the other pools, and 

 so save time by making straight away to suitable waters, 

 avoiding those which are too low, and leaving undis- 

 turbed for a future day those which as yet are too big. 



A bit of generalship is required in angling as in most 

 other pursuits. 



It is not a morsel of use flogging a pool while it he 

 too big, as the fish have not settled down, and the catches 

 cannot be rightly commanded, and even if they can be, 

 the water is probably too deep to enable fish to see the 

 fly, so, with this combination, it is any odds against the 

 angler, who only messes the water about for nothing. 



If fish he must, he had better be content with casting 

 from the bank on the off chance of attracting the 

 attention of fish lying close in to the sides, anyhow by 

 so doing he will not much disturb the pool. 



