200 FISHES I HAVE KNOWN 



I used to tramp ever so far up that canal to get 

 clear of the boats, and sometimes managed to 

 catch a fair number of roach, which, though a little 

 undersized, were appreciated by my landlady. 

 I fancy she fed her children on them, but luckily 

 her husband was head- assistant of the local 

 infirmary ! 



Sometimes a horde of skirmishers, during 

 military manoeuvres, would come tearing along 

 and occupy the bank, when angling would come 

 to an abrupt conclusion. 



I would suggest that, since the " civic fathers " 

 of Hythe issue angling-tickets, they should take 

 steps to restrict or regulate the boating, the two 

 recreations being absolutely incompatible on the 

 Royal Military Canal. 



My recollection of Norfolk and Norfolk Broads 

 is chiefly associated with fine catches of perch and 

 bream. Engirdling the farmhouse where I put 

 up, were ditches, or "cuts," connected with the 

 river, about fifteen feet wide, deep and clear, and 

 spanned only at long intervals by primitive plank 

 bridges. The natives went about with leaping- 

 poles, and visitors were expected to do the 

 same. 



I confess it was with trepidation that I made 

 my first essay to leap over the " cuts " to the 



