CHAPTER IV 

 Winchester 



MANY things are taught at public schools, 

 but Winchester is probably the only school 

 at which the most scientific and highly de- 

 veloped form of angling can be learnt. The 

 art was not taught at Winchester in my time, 

 but there were opportunities for learning it, 

 which a few of us did not neglect. Some 

 energy was required to seize these opportuni- 

 ties, for though fishing was not discouraged, 

 no special facilities were given for it ; the hours 

 both for work and for games were arranged 

 without any consideration for the time of the 



