DEPRECATORY 7 



not ourselves enjoy ' sport ' under the follow- 

 ing circumstances : 



(a) When, early in the season, trout are 

 not in ' decent ' or even ' wonderful condition 

 for the time of year/ and are still half 

 starving, and only beginning to recuperate, 

 after the severe conditions of their natural 

 winter existence. Nor at such times as the 

 fishing papers are full of ' big, record baskets.' 1 

 [Remember we speak of rwer-angling.] 



(6) When, in early April, the sky is dark 

 and gloomy, or when only fitful flares of 

 sunlight intervene. When the rivers run 

 full and dark or inky black from combined 

 effects of sky and matter in suspension. 

 Sometimes these conditions are combined 

 with high gales of north and north-east 

 winds. 



(c) When the temperature of the water is 

 vastly below that of the air, or when both 

 the temperatures of air and water are below 



1 We associate many of these records, in a whimsical 

 sense, with an ancient rhyme which began 'Fe Fi 

 Fo Fum,' etc. but some others certainly issue from a 

 few informed sources also which are situate north of the 

 Borders and north of the Grampians. We trust none of 

 our ' not-guilty ' English or other friends will feel hurt at 

 the allusion. 



