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time fly-hatch was over, but trout took sure 

 and deadly. 



Having given one or two tables of the 

 histories of days, we will now give 



ILLUSTRATIONS OF SEASONS. 



1. A season of extreme drought and heat. 



2. A season of great cold, and rain, and 



dark heavy water, after a mild 

 February and March. 



1. The History of a Season, 1893. 



In 1893 we arrived at our fishing quarters 

 on Deveron on May 2nd. 



There had at that time been five weeks of 

 dead-low water (0.0.0.0. of scale). Longest 

 set of low-level records. This state of affairs 

 lasted in all ten weeks from the time the 

 drought began up to the 22nd June. We 

 had some five miles of water to fish by per- 

 mission, and rented two more, for May, for 

 two rods. 



On the 6th. Bright ; strong wind making 

 waves up; roving sky, low, clear to crystal 

 water. One rod, twenty-five trout, 10 Ibs. 



