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that with his assistance the bag would have been more 

 than doubled. 



Then came three merry happy days at Isenhurst in 

 Sussex, with Sir George Prescott, Prescott Westcar, 

 Colonel Villiers Bagot, and Major Tollner; while the 

 season wound up at Tillingbourne with a good shoot 

 with my old friend, the late George Bonnor. 



1887. 

 From February 11th to the 26th, I stayed with the 

 late Sir Robert Harvey at the Invercauld Arms, at 

 Ballater, fishing the Cambus o' May water, then rented by 

 him. This season the fish had hardly arrived in these 

 upper reaches on the opening of the fishing, so up till 

 the 22nd we had but three fish apiece. On that date 

 Sir Robert went south ; when, during the three days 

 that I remained, I got nine others. Kind Sir Robert! 

 How little I thought he carried his death warrant 

 with him from Ballater when he said good-bye ! On 

 the Sunday after my return south, I walked over from 

 Windsor to Langley for an afternoon chat, only to find 



