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ever, as the fish, on being hooked, invariably 

 rush down stream into the depths of the 

 Monk's Pool, the bottom of which is smooth 

 and muddy. The ford is formed by a narrow 

 ridge of gravel marked by a ripple, over 

 which the fisherman will have to wade for a 

 hundred or a hundred and fifty yards before 

 he comes to the throw, and by which he 

 may, if he pleases, cross the river altogether ; 

 but a certain degree of care is requisite, for 

 any deviation from the right path up stream 

 would place the fisherman in water much too 

 deep to be comfortable, while a similar devia- 

 tion down stream would immediately plunge 

 him beyond his depth altogether. 



No. 4. Point of the Mullins. 



Having passed this extensive pool, the 

 river is again contracted by the Mullins 

 point to a width of about a hundred yards, 

 having rounded which, it retains the same 

 width for a quarter of a mile, broken, how- 

 ever, by three islands in the middle of the 

 stream. The course of the water passing 

 these islands is under the left bank, where 



