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had three dozen. When the snow and 

 hail came, all was still. I have fished for 

 thirty-six years and I never saw anything 

 else like it." 



others Mr. J. S. Tulloch informs me that, in 



Shetland, he has made an excellent 

 basket of trout in May, fishing with fly, 

 during, and immediately after, sleet ; and 

 Mr. Russell also remembers catching 

 trout freely with fly during hail showers. 

 Lord Suffolk informs me that Mr. 

 Barker, who owns the Fairford water on 

 the Coin, has killed trout between hail- 

 storms, and that his own keeper, W. 

 Davidson, has, in March, killed trout in 

 the Don under similar conditions. Lord 

 Montagu likewise recalls catching two 

 sea-trout, weighing nearly 12 Ibs., "in 

 the middle of a most violent hailstorm, 

 the hail being so fierce that I was unable 

 to see a double-hooked Jock Scott drop 

 on the water, yet the fish seemed to be 

 more lively than ever during the storm." 



It will be remembered that several 

 correspondents expressed themselves (see 



