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Mr. Black in earlier chapters, is a S. wind 

 against fishing. By others, however, its 

 praises are widely sung. It is described 

 as good for brown trout in Norway and 

 Lapland (H. B. B.), for loch trout in 

 Orkney (A. M. S. G.), and for Tay 

 salmon (W. O. D.). It is the best of 

 all winds for most of the streams of East 

 Devon, which flow from N. to S., thereby 

 making it the upstream wind. 



It even seems to redeem the E. wind S.E. and 



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from its baneful condition, and Lord 

 Granby writes that a warm S.E. wind 

 is good, and E.S.E. possibly the best of 

 all winds, for trout fishing. 



Many fishermen are also enthusiastic in in praise of 



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their praises of S.W. wind. For all 

 manner of sea-fishing on the S. coast it 

 is unquestionably, when not too strong, 

 the best of all winds. Mr. Sheringham 

 considers it as, on the whole, the best of 

 all winds for fishing. It is also described 

 as good for the Greedy (J. D. F.-D.), for 

 Tay salmon (W. O. D.), and for Donegal 

 fishing generally (W. E.-J.). For the 



