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often should prepare a place ; and the object of the hurdle is to 

 place a complete screen between yon and the fish, and it will 

 be the fault of the angler if he is seen at all. Land your fish 

 beyond the hurdle, on the side which is most handy. When 

 you are on your own ground, if there be no holes or deep places, 

 make one at any cost ; and this is especially necessary in some 

 ponds which are shallow at the edge. AVhen there are many 

 weeds, have them cleared, if possible, altogether. If no other 

 way presents itself, use your drag, but it should be done days 

 before you fish. Make but a hole, or small deep, form a good 

 screen, regularly feed the fish, and with good clean baits and 

 appropriate tackle you will take some of the best in the water.' 

 With this I will end the chapter, and now take the different 

 fish in order, and give the best ways for catching them, always 

 remembering that this little book is on Thames Angling, and 

 does not treat of the salmon, or of fly fishing, beyond the little 

 bobbing that one gets under the willows, or on the scowers of 

 the Thames anywhere, from the source of the river down to 

 the towing-path under 



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RICHMOND HILL. 



