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times feed in spite of it, and Mr. Gallichan 

 adds the interesting qualification that this 

 is the case, in Derbyshire streams at any 

 rate, only when the temperature falls 

 below freezing-point, a condition under 

 which grayling are apparently indifferent 

 to this usually baneful influence. Brown 

 trout are commonly regarded as more 

 susceptible to the numbing effect of snow- 

 water than even most other fish, but Mr. 

 Gallichan mentions a case of a professional 

 Welsh fisherman making a great catch of 

 trout with the worm in spite of it, and 

 Mr. Champneys once enjoyed many days 

 of the best trout fishing that he ever had 

 in a Scotch river during a succession of 

 freshes caused by the melting of snow on 

 warm nights. In connection with this 

 experience he offers an interesting explana- 

 tion, which will be found in Chapter III. 

 wind. With reference to wind, we are con- 

 cerned with its quantity and quality, and 

 the latter, be it observed, is not always 

 constant for any particular quarter ; that 

 is to say, the west wind may blow colder 



