BBOWN WATERS 



urably to the pleasure of the sport, but 

 the practitioner is the man to back for 

 score. Between the skilled and the very 

 unskilled fisherman there is the widest 

 discrepancy. Of two rafts, each with 

 two rods aboard, that covered the same 

 ground for the same length of time, one 

 returned with six trout, the other with 

 eighteen dozen ! Therefore, in forming 

 an opinion of a water from description, 

 the rating of the observer is not the least 

 important thing to have in mind. 



A much-fished lake near Murray Bay 

 has yielded good catches for at least half 

 a century, but, being deep, it is capri- 

 cious during the heats of summer. Those 

 who encounter disappointment some- 

 times fancy that they have missed the 

 lucky spot where others had better for- 

 tune. One fair fisherwoman, losing 

 patience, demanded in plain terms to be 



taken to the place de Monsieur X . 



The old gardien met the request by 

 shaking his grizzled head, gravely, cour- 



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