96 FISHING FOR PLEASURE 



they were as plentiful as blackberries, but on this 

 outing I have not seen a single specimen per- 

 haps it is well that I have not seen one alone, 

 if the old saying is true 



" One, sorrow ; 

 Two, mirth ; 

 Three, a wedding ; 

 Four, death." 



This has been " proved to be true " by the 

 fact that a man on his way to be married, travel- 

 ling on a coach top, to claim his bride, saw three 

 magpies flying across the road ! 



I wonder what has become of the Major. I 

 am obliged to act as a sort of timekeeper for him, 

 and to keep that terrible train constantly in mind 

 I know he will miss it if he can. 



He came back at last without any success, 

 much to his disappointment. We hurried back, 

 we caught the 3.10 p.m., and here we are. Our 

 May Fly, everybody's May Fly fishing for the 

 year 1905 must now be considered as over, and 

 I do not think, on the whole, that it can be 

 regarded as having been a good year, though we 

 got much pleasure out of it. We tore ourselves 

 away from the pleasant fields and rivers and 

 many kind friends, and we felt like schoolboys 

 going back to school. 



