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ence is made by Sir Colman Rashleigh, 

 who describes it as " one of the worst " 

 for the Fowey River. 



III. WEST WIND 



As regards a westerly wind, opinions On an east 

 are unanimous, excepting in the case of coast; 

 those east - coast rivers on which, as 

 pointed out on an earlier page by Mr. 

 Hall, it blows downstream, and is conse- 

 quently a nuisance to the fly-fisher. In 

 sea-fishing on the east coast, however, as 

 well as on such portions of the coast of 

 Devon as face the east, a west wind 

 gives calm water, but it is also apt to 

 bring rain. The quarter of the world in 

 which I remember appreciating it most 

 as the harbinger of smooth seas was on 

 the east coast of New South Wales, 

 between Botany Bay and the mouth of 

 the Hawkesbury River. In that region 

 it was impossible to go out after schnapper 

 and other ocean-fish in boats with any 

 enjoyment, unless the wind blew off-shore 



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