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what is more, insisted on taking from his fly-book 

 half-a-dozen of his favourites for us. In illustra- 

 tion of the sport to be got he instanced a recent 

 day when he and a son of his, home for a holiday, 

 brought back forty-two trout, one of which weighed 

 three pounds and four others two pounds each. 



There is trout fishing in plenty within easy 

 walking distance and, should you prefer to try 

 your luck upon the sea, the harbour from which 

 to make the start is not 100 yards away. 



Many will go to Roundstone and some will wish 

 to try the pollack, so I must tell of the fisherman 

 who so successfully piloted us to glorious sport with 

 them. 



Our host on being told that we desired to try 

 the sea-fishing said, as Mr Shimmer had: "Pat 

 Jennings is the man for you. I saw him at the 

 fair," he added, "so possibly he is in the town 

 still ; would you like to go with me to find him or 

 shall I bring him here ? " 



After a search in very likely places we found 

 him aboard his boat so near asleep that both 

 "Jennings" and "Pat" had to be called loudly 

 before he commenced to stretch himself to con- 

 sciousness that someone desired speech with him 

 and that, if his eyes told him true, there might be 

 profit in it. 



I have seen animals, wild and tame, rise from 

 their recumbent positions and display their forms 

 with a preliminary stretching of their backs and 

 the man who rose at last acted in a strikingly 

 similar manner. He was a rough, huge fellow, 

 much past middle age, with shoulders which, in 

 spite of their being slightly bent, seemed capable 



