30 FISHERMEN'S WEATHER 



Norfolk trout fallible. Mr. Hubert Hall has communi- 

 Mr. HaiVs cated a most interesting, because in some 

 experience. wa y S unique, case of faulty weather-lore 

 in the trout of a Norfolk stream that he 

 has regularly fished for twelve years and 

 more. He thus states their case : " I 

 have been struck by the apparent inability 

 of fish to distinguish between a threatened 

 thunderstorm, which eventually bursts 

 upon the valley, and one which never 

 approaches within a distance of several 

 miles of the watershed. It is a well- 

 marked peculiarity of the purely local 

 climate that numberless summer storms, 

 or * tempests,' as they are termed by the 

 natives, approach within a certain distance 

 of the valley and then pass out to sea. 

 The natives have long ceased to be 

 deceived by these indications, and even 

 cattle and birds show indifference to them, 

 except in the rare cases in which they are 

 destined to break in earnest upon the 

 thirsty soil. With the trout it is different. 

 They cease rising altogether and jump 

 frequently, with all the other symptoms 



