9O Rambles with a Fishing-Rod. 



meadows, especially as there was a fresh breeze 

 from the south-west, and little suri. The river 

 at Arnieres was still more or less abnormally 

 large ; yet it was worth trying, especially in 

 the usually dead water, which to-day was not 

 a little ruffled by the wind. Before very many 

 minutes of fishing, a nice trout was hooked and 

 safely brought to the bank, turning the scale 

 at half a pound. Presently another rise, and 

 another fish was hooked ; but managing clev- 

 erly to secure the line to a branch in the 

 stream, he made his escape. Soon after, the 

 more rapid water was left, and the rest of the 

 bank was lined with willows and poplars some 

 little distance apart, bordering a more slow- 

 flowiog portion of the Iton. Here the fishing, 

 with the strong wind, became rather delicate ; 

 but the trout were clearly on the look-out for 

 insects dropping from the trees, and some of 

 them were nice fish, which showed good sport 

 when secured. Nearly at the end of the reach, 

 just as the fly was making a circle with a 

 gentle eddy beneath a willow-tree, there was 

 a barely perceptible breaking of the surface, 

 and away went a trout for the opposite bank, 

 running out several yards of line before his 



