CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER IV. 



A WEEK WITH HAMPSHIRE GRAYLING. September i$th, 1893. 

 Drought Herons Stoat and mouse Hawk attacked 

 by two rooks An interesting fight Success with the 

 grayling 44-53 



CHAPTER V. 



CHUB. December \6th, 1893. Have never eaten chub Walton's 

 appreciation of chub An irreverent disciple says it tastes 

 like " cotton wool and hairpins " Walton gives chub to 

 milkmaid Meadow placards Beecham's Pills, Little Liver 

 Pills, etc 54-62 



CHAPTER VI. 



SOME MARCH JOTTINGS. March ijth, 1894. A promising 

 schoolboy Cleopatra " Give me mine angle " Enthu- 

 siastic angler who takes note of nothing but his float Wood 

 ants A globular sack of spiders Frogs Shakespeare's 

 flowers A visit to Ann Hathaway's cottage A posy of 

 spring flowers from her garden Amusing questions Signs 

 of foul weather Have bees the sense of hearing? . 63-71 



CHAPTER VII. 



OUR HOLIDAY IN WILD WALES. The happy valley Men of 

 the great city visit it They covet the water of the river 

 Carry the water away in tubes and aqueducts Villages 

 and churches drowned in the lake View of lake from hotel 

 We go a-fishing Caught five and a half brace Tom 

 Parry the boatman and bard Drive round the lake- 

 Extraordinary catch of over 2,000 chub Tumble into the 

 source of the river Our first catch of chub Sandpipers 

 and chicks 72-83 



