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and therefore I would have none of his worms. My com- 

 panion in arms, however, yielded to his solicitations, and 

 away they went together, to some famous hatch-hole that 

 the keeper knew of. At luneh time the}' turned up again, 

 with a lovely 31b. trout that had been Avormed out of his 

 stronghold. The impression conveyed to my mind by these 

 Wensum trout was, that they were harried incessantly by 

 the pike, and, as a consequence, were always hiding them- 

 selves in shy places and amongst weeds in shallow water. 

 Four brace rewarded my efforts — the red quill gnat proving 

 the best fly — and the best fish weighed Iflbs., the rest 

 averaging a j)ound each. I neither saw, nor did I catch, 

 any small trout, and it is my belief that there are quite as 

 many jack as there are trout in this river. But no matter, 

 it runs througli rich meadows, and you fish amidst pleasant 

 surroundings, and, given more comfortable quarters 

 wherein to roost, with some variation of the swinish diet, 

 I hope next season to renew my acquaintance with the 

 Norfolk trout. 



