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Johannesburg ; at Chicheley Hall, his English 

 home at Newport Pagnell ; or at his old home in 

 Bedford (where lives his aged mother, loved by 

 all who know her) ; but, for a day of recreation 

 there was nothing he enjoyed more than sea 

 fishing in Durban harbour from a boat with Lady 

 Farrar. I remember that he once had a Saturday 

 with the trout on the Wemmer while the South 

 African National Convention was sitting at Cape- 

 town (early in 1909), and he got two brace, which 

 he instructed me to take with his compliments to 

 the late General Botha. The General, pleased with 

 the kindly thought, wished me to thank the angler, 

 adding with that pleasant smile of his : "And 

 tell Sir George I hope he goes again ! " That 

 day on the Wemmer there were three of us 

 fishing Sir George, the late Mr. McLean and 

 myself. Mr. McLean was for many years the 

 general manager in South Africa for the Union- 

 Castle line, and he did admirable work on behalf 

 of trout acclimatization at the Cape. Early in 

 the afternoon, just after landing a trout, Mr. 

 McLean stopped fishing, and looked heavy 

 with thought. I asked him why he had stopped. 

 He replied, " You see, I have caught six trout." 

 " Well ? " I said. " The fact is," he explained, 

 " six trout is the limit." I do not actually re- 

 member, but I grieve to say it is possible I said 

 " Well ! " again, in a suggestive manner ; for he 

 at once remarked : " Yes, but, you see, / myself 

 framed that particular regulation ! " And the good 

 man fished no more that day. 



