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According to Sir Samuel Montagu, it is 

 equally prejudicial to sea-trout fishing in 

 the Itchen, and Mr. Munro Edwards, 

 writing of Welsh streams and lakes, has 

 found that it makes both salmon and 

 sewin dour, though both may be caught 

 after the passing of the storm, a view 

 confirmed by General Dalton and some 

 others. Perhaps the most scathing criti- 

 cism of all is Mr. Barker's assurance that 

 he regards it as "fatal, except for eels." 

 What connection there may be between Thunder 

 thunder and eels I do not know, but or 

 Mr. Wheeley affirms that such weather 

 actually favours sport, if sport it can be 

 called, with that fish. The fact is given 

 only for the naturalist, for that any 

 sportsman could deliberately seek to learn 

 the best weather for catching eels is ex- 

 ceedingly improbable. 



II. BROWN TROUT 



Thundery weather is regarded as hostile 

 to trout fishing in many widely separated 



