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well that the discovery should have been reserved 

 for such a good angler and devoted admirer of 

 Walton as Mr. Dewar. But what an added interest 

 it would have given to thousands of anglers who 

 fished the Test had they known that it flowed 

 through land once held by Walton ? What an 

 additional interest it will give, or should give, to 

 all who fish the Test now or may have that delight 

 in store for them. 



" Norington Farme " is thus mentioned in 

 Walton's Will— 



" And I give to my son Izaak all my right 

 and title to a lease of Norington Farme ; 

 which I hold from the Lord Bishop of 

 Winton." 



This farm is situated at Overton, near the head 

 waters of the Test and the Itchen — and that 

 Walton must have fished there is beyond doubt — 

 but what strikes one as remarkable is that the date 

 of the first lease was 1679, when Walton was 

 eighty-six years old ! Of course he may have 

 fished there years before he took the lease. 



It is curious that although this farm is named 

 in the will, not one of the previous biographers 

 have any mention of it. 



