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and hooked fish after fish ; but, as again the 

 number to be taken is limited to five brace, and 

 quite properly, many a pounder, unless in first-rate 

 condition, was put back. I think I must have put 

 back between ten and four o'clock at least sixteen 

 brace of good fish. We reserved ourselves for 

 the evening fishing on the lower water, where the 

 giants live ; but alas ! when we got there the fish 

 had taken it into their heads not to come, and 

 we only got a brace apiece, but they were good 

 fish. I tried the Major, my pet fly twenty-five 

 years ago, but the fish would hardly look at it. 



