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should seek the country which will give him the greatest 

 certainty to enjoy his favourite sport ? And should we . 

 be surprised that he is prepared to pay highly for it ? Or 



should we be surprised when So-and-So, of Square, 



secures a fishery at twice its worth ? For does not his 

 name, with " his river in Norway," appear in the columns 

 of the Society newspapers ? 



Sympathy may be readily extended to the pioneers of 

 angling in Norway who, when wishing to renew their 

 leases, find that they are asked a large increase of rent, 

 but it does not often occur to them to take into account 

 that, for a considerable portion of the expired term, they 

 have enjoyed their sport at a cheap rate. They have 

 a much more genuine grievance should they discover, at 

 the termination of their tenancy, that a new lease has 

 been granted over their heads, and that they must give 

 way to a new lessee, without the option of a renewal. 



In these cases there appears to be a tendency on the 

 part of the outgoing tenant to attribute the entire blame 

 of his discomfiture to the new lessee, whom he generally 

 accuses of having gone behind his back ; but, on the other 

 hand, it may appear somewhat foolish to rely upon the 

 non-interference of strangers for the continuation of a 

 sporting lease. 



The " old Anglo-Norsk hand " is no fool, and I venture 

 to suggest that it is not through inadvertence that he 



