136 LEAVES FEOM A GAME BOOK. 



Next came a visit to George Bonnor at Tillingbourne, 

 near Dorking, where, on November 2nd and 3rd, in 

 company with Colonel Ellison, Sir Trevor Lawrence, 

 F. G. Davidson, G. D. Whatman, and Captain Evelyn, 

 we got 314 head, chiefly pheasants. The Tillingbourne 

 property belongs to the Duke of Norfolk, and under 

 the rule of my friend Bonnor it was certainly one of 

 the most prettily picturesque places near London, and 

 beautifully kept up ; while to me one of its chief 

 charms was a chain of small ponds, each of which, 

 connected by a stream, held fine trout. At these I 

 had many a happy summer's day, and on one occasion 

 I was lucky enough to hook and land, on an artificial 

 May fly and a " Governor," two trout of three and 

 two and a half pounds. I am aware it is not usual 

 to fish a dropper with a May fly, but having tried the 

 big one with several other flies, I only put the May 

 fly up for just the one cast over this special fish, and 

 thinking the chance of getting a rise extremely remote, 

 I was too lazy to remove the dropper. The fat fellow, 

 on taking the May fly, naturally drew the other fly 



