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stream, as will the palmer and various Devonshire 

 patterns. There are no angling clubs, and the water 

 is preserved by the owners and occupiers. The 

 Britt contains gudgeon, and no other coarse fish. 



The Asker is a tributary of the Britt, and is 

 about six miles long. It rises near Porstock, and 

 joins the Britt at Bridport. Like that The 

 stream, it is much overgrown in parts and Asker 

 difficult to fish. Trout are more numerous in the 

 Asker than in the Britt, but they run smaller, about 

 three to the pound. The Asker contains no fish 

 save trout. Flics — the same as those used for the 

 Britt. 



The Char rises in the Pilsdon Hills, and, flowing 

 through the deep clay Vale of Marshwood, enters 

 the parish of Whitchurch Canonicorum, The 

 following the narrow valley between the Char 

 high lands, and dividing the parish of Whitchurch 

 Canonicorum from that of Catherston Leweston, the 

 former being on the left bank of the stream, and 

 the latter on the right. The Char next enters the 

 parish of Charmouth, where it flows into the sea, 

 after it has been increased by a tributary stream 

 called the Wotton, which flows through the parishes 

 of Wotton Fitzpaine and Catherston Leweston. It 

 is a rather sluggish stream, running through clay, 

 and presents a succession of still pools and short 

 rapids. A few years ago the fishing was extremely 

 poor. The trout were of a good size, running up 

 to about I J lb., but far from plentiful, in wretched 

 condition, and of a black colour. Colonel Buller, 

 who is the chief riparian owner, placed a good 

 number of yearlings and two-year-old fish in the 

 water for several years running, and as a result the 

 fishing is now much improved. Trout are fairly 



