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of the quarry from a culinary point of view. Pairtly through 

 prejudice, but principally through apathy, fishing for trout is 

 an unknown or little exercised sport in many districts 

 throughout England, yet in most cases the methods of attain- 

 ing it would be quite simple. 



These matters, however, are hardly within the scope of my 

 present discourse. I will return to my legitimate subject. 

 The two next illustrations are of an. artificial moat and a 

 sporting water formed off it. As a matter of fact, the moat 



AN ARTIFICIAL MOAT. 



itself is ain excellent sporting water ; but the proprietor very 

 wisely uses it principally as a rearing water from which many 

 other waters are annually stocked. If he wishes to give his 

 friends " a treat," however, they are permitted to fish the moat, 

 and you can easily imagine the result, for it is literally full of 

 splendid trout ! There is no need for me to give a plan of this 

 water; the photographs speak for themselves, and, of course, 

 you quite understand that proper sluices and screens are 

 erected a,t all necessary points. I only need add that here is 

 another case of a prolific and picturesque water formed where 



