x CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAG* 



V. LOLLING AND LOAFING 42 



"A Talc of the Thames " Fun on the 

 Common A lovely little Skiff, in which 

 we floated for miles down the slowly- 

 flowing river The "Major" and his 

 infant prodigies in a Punt Christ Church 

 Priory A Pretty Wedding Circum- 

 navigation of the Isle of Wight a Disas- 

 trous Failure ON THE NORTH RIVBR 

 "A fine old English gentleman " 

 Good Fishing A Pleasant Day. 



VI. MORE Bu; CHUB 51 



Last Visit to the Stour Three, four, 

 and five pound Chub On the North 

 River again Fishing " in Thunder, 

 Lightning, and Rain " Three separate 

 soakings And ''so to bed" IN THE 

 NEW FOREST Twenty-two mile drive 

 through Ringwood to Bolderwood A 

 happy time there Three men in a Punt. 



VII. " THE SCHOOL OK THE WOODS "... 61 



Two Young Fawns A Bear in your 

 path when in pursuit of a Twenty-five 

 pound Salmon Quoskh, the Blue Heron 

 How she brought up her children, and 

 they brought up something else. 



VIII. UNEXPECTED DIFFICULTIES 70 



Liverpool The Foundation of the 

 great Cathedral Church Stretton Lud- 

 low At the River Side Something 

 Wrong Olfactory Nerves Affected 

 Putrifying Smells A Sewerage Farm 

 Good-bye to Fishing. 



IX. MAY FLY FISHING IN HEREFORDSHIRE IN 



1905 77 



The Schoolmaster of Old Days A 



