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interesting opinion as the result of long 

 experience, because it is directly opposed 

 to the general verdict on the subject. 



General Desmond O'Callaghan once 

 made a big basket in one of the worst 

 thunderstorms he ever stayed out in. 



" This was on the Wansbeck (Northum- Sport in the 

 berland). A black sky and impending Wansbeck; 

 rain kept all the fish down until about 

 mid-day, when the storm burst. Amid 

 vivid lightning, sheets of rain and occa- 

 sional sharp hailstorms, with big (and very 

 painful) hailstones, the fish began to rise 

 freely. On that occasion, at any rate, the 

 electrical conditions did not hinder the 

 fish from feeding." 



Colonel Malcolm recalls what he in the Add. 

 describes as "the most sporting, mean- 

 to-have-it" rise of trout in all his experi- 

 ence, on the river Add, which empties 

 into Loch Crinan. This was during a 

 heavy hailstorm and between claps of 

 thunder pealing some little distance away. 



Lord Suffolk tells me that the 

 Dowager Lady Suffolk, an enthusiast with 



