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assuredly break away in the heavy strain 

 of the current and go off rejoicing, or, 

 as Professor Wilson says, cc with a fly in 

 one cheek and his tongue in the other." 

 It is just these difficulties that one has 

 to encounter, the " creeping and crawl- 

 ing" over slippery stones, under branch 

 and thorny briar, with the knowledge 

 that even when firmly hooked the sewin 

 will tax your skill to the uttermost, and 

 probably break away just when you 

 think you've got him, which give that 

 great fascination to a sport that can only 

 be realised by those who have experi- 

 enced it. 



Half-way up the hillside the water off 

 the moorlands beyond falls over a per- 

 pendicular wall of rock into a ravine 

 below, and it is here that the upward 

 rush of the sewin is abruptly brought 

 to a close. The brave little fellows are 

 assembled in the foaming trough of the 

 fall. Watch that heavy flood for a mom- 



