Notes and Sport of a Dry -Fly Purist. 85 



bridges over the Wye and the Derwent, and near 

 the confluence of the two rivers. Some particulars 

 are given as guide for other anglers. I was very 

 comfortably put up, and, as there was no other 

 lodger taken, all needful attention was given, 

 without much disturbance of one's privacy, an 

 important consideration to a writer for the press. 

 Nor was there any fault to be found with my 

 landlady's cooking and service. She was dairy- 

 woman at the principal house and farm close 

 handy, from whence, by favour, I could draw 

 supplies of poultry, eggs, butter, &c. I ordered in 

 what I liked, or rather the best the village afforded, 

 for there were only two or three nondescript shops, 

 and no butcher within four miles ; that worthy 

 called once a week ; fish I had of my own providing ; 

 and eels, also a rabbit occasionally from Hensberg, 

 the keeper. Besides all this, abundance of fruit 

 and vegetables from the cottage garden. Could 

 any " contemplative man " be better placed for 

 his " recreation " ? That question was even more 

 satisfactorily answered after next day's successful 

 sport. I will here premise that for the purposes 

 of this book, and because of the necessary restriction 

 of space, a detail of every day's practice is not 

 possible, and perhaps would only lead to wearying 

 repetition. 



I will therefore describe the river in stages, and 



