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trout, in 1879 thirty-two trout, in 1880 seventy- 

 six trout, figures which show how severe the 

 training was at first, and how my dry fly educa- 

 tion progressed under it. 



It would not be suitable for me to attempt 

 to tell here the full tale of my gratitude to 

 Winchester, for to do this would lead me into 

 many reminiscences which have nothing to do 

 with angling. It will be enough to say that the 

 memory of those days is altogether happy, and 

 that the Itchen and its trout played a part in the 

 happiness of them. 



