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and slime, ' standing on their heads ' and 

 waving their tails; the latter both under 

 and above water. No wonder they are fat, 

 guzzling at the imprisoned larvae and caddis ! 



On the 20th May the river rose just one 

 inch by gauge, and between 10.30 and 11.30 

 we got (one rod) 6| Ibs. out of one stream, 

 two fish with fly and twelve with worm. On 

 the 22nd June (we left our lower quarters 

 after the 31st May, and by this time had 

 gone to the higher reaches forty miles 

 higher up) a slow, slight rise of river. 

 With that rise a very early run of sea-trout 

 and very small grilse ascended the river 

 Avon as far up as Inchrory. Fresh run sea- 

 trout had never been seen up there so early 

 before. Both sea-trout and grilse were very 

 small evidently under -fed in the sea or 

 tidal-water. Grilse ran from 1J to 2J or 

 3 Ibs. 



The barometer had gone down steadily 

 from Monday llth June, but rain held off 

 till the 22nd. Then the rise of from 18" to 

 two feet of river came slowly after thirty-six 

 hours rain, and then went slowly back again 

 to the old condition of things. 



