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through the end of the plantation, over a swamp, 

 and half-hidden crossing board to the west side of 

 the open broad shallows. Here, again, trout were 

 rising in a similar manner nearer the bank on which 

 I crouched and knelt, three or four frequently at 

 the same instant, also no wand again in mid- stream, 

 most of them large fish, as indicated by the extend- 

 ing wavy ring and the " boil " they sometimes 

 made. But my efforts were all in vain ; " 'tis not 

 in mortals to command success," and I left the 

 scene, disconsolate. After the morning's sport it 

 was a great disappointment, and the walk back 

 over rough paths through two or three miles of 

 misty meadows was wearying, perhaps more so not 

 having a fish to show. 



On September llth, for two hours in the evening 

 of a sunny day, but with an adverse north wind, I 

 fished at Shawford Bridge. The rise was full on 

 when I reached the water, which was high and 

 running smoothly, but about 6.15 it eased off, and 

 soon after only an occasional break of the surface 

 was noticed. Then, however, some phryganidse 

 appeared, and trout began to take them, and I had 

 the good fortune to hook and land a specimen trout 

 for this part of the river weighing lib. lloz., and 

 as there was still light enough to see, the after- glow 

 favouring, I walked back to the mill head pool, 

 where it seemed a rising trout was waiting for me, 



