THE HAMPSHIRE STREAMS to3 



Grove, the average will be seen by the following 



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 526 „ 



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Trout are numerous both in the Test and the 

 Bourne, which joins the main stream a mile or so 

 below Tufton ; and the average, save here and there, 

 is not in excess of a pound. But a few miles below 

 we get speedily into the regions of the two-pounders, 

 which are far from few about Bransbury, Chilbolton, 

 and Wherwell. The Micheldever stream, which is 

 chiefly in the hands of two riparian owners, is a 

 fine trouting one. The lower stretches of the mill 

 stream, before Bransbury hamlet is reached, are 

 rather overhung, though trout can be taken even 

 there, and good ones too. On the Common itself 

 this tributary is very fine, abounding in beautiful 

 fish. 



From the Common downwards the trouting on 

 the Test is very good indeed almost everywhere, 

 is strictly preserved, but the stream is not often 

 re-stocked. Among the more famous spots are 

 Chilbolton, Wherwell, Leckford, Stockbridge and 

 Mottisfont. 



At Testcombe, Mr. Henry Hammans, an old 

 Test and Anton angler, and a keen one too, took 

 last season, to the surprise of himself and every one 

 who heard of it, two grayling. Grayling were 



