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The date and period you wish to fish. 



Whether you require harling or fly-casting. 



Whether fishing from boat or bank. 



The house accommodation. 



The distance from England. 



The distance of the river from a market for your fish. 



The average year's sport. 



The average weight of the fish. 

 And if an angler can satisfy his desires in all these 

 particulars, he is extremely fortunate. 



Of these ten questions the lessor and lessee together 

 should be able to supply answers to the first eight, but 

 the two last present greater difiiculties, because so few 

 anglers keep a record of fish killed and fish lost. The 

 game-book affords interesting reminiscences and food for 

 reflection, and if a man be fishing by himself there can 

 be no objection to the keeping of it, but when two or 

 more are fishing in company, perhaps it is advisable to 

 dispense with a record of success and failure, for the daily 

 scores are apt to lead to comparison and competition, 

 both of which, to my mind, are detestable in sport. 



The contents of a game-book are generally placed at 

 the disposal of a prospective lessee or sub-lessee, but they 

 are of comparatively little value unless details of the 

 season and weather, together with the proficiencies of 

 the rods, be added ; otherwise, an inferior angler may be 



