CHAPTER IV 



ON THE STOUR 



" But here again, at fault we are, 



Success attends our skill, 

 And fish in scores come wide and far 



Our fishing creel to fill." 



BLAKEY, Fourteenth Century Fishing. 



August 12th. 



'AVING accomplished the private 

 business which had drawn me to 

 Llandrindod, I betook me on 

 Monday, August loth, to Boscombe 

 Bay, where I found a family gathering of nearly 

 a score to welcome me. The next day was dies 

 non for any outdoor work or play. It rained in- 

 cessantly the whole day that is all I need say 

 about it. The two following days (Wednesday 

 and Thursday) were lovely, and in comparison 

 with the days which preceded and succeeded 

 them, should be marked with big red letters; 

 they were such indeed as we townsters very 

 rarely realize. The first was spent blissfully on 

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