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in trout fishing. In regard to warmth in late 

 autumn and deep winter, I have always found two 

 pairs of stockings sufficient for the legs, and a thick 

 woolly waistcoat for the body. But if there is a 

 strong wind blowing the ordinary fishing jacket on 

 the top keeps one snug and wind-proof. It is quite 

 a mistake to put too much on. Sometimes I did 

 this when I first started winter fishing, and found 

 that I got too warm when walking. 



The life history of the grayling in the Eden is 

 comparatively short. They were put in as " fry " 

 at Musgrave about the year 1880. I had an uncle 

 living there then, and he had a good deal to do with 

 it, although he protested to his friend, who was at 

 the bottom of the business, that the river carried its 

 full head of trout, and any competition in regard to 

 the food supply would be injurious. 



The tank of " fry " was tipped, by the old yeoman, 

 into the river over the churchyard wall one night 

 before a heavy flood. He was a keen trout fisher- 

 man, and was pleased to imagine that the inter- 

 lopers would be washed down to the Solway. 



I used to go and stay with him in those days, 

 and we fished the river day and night; but, in his 

 time, we never came across a grayling. He now 

 sleeps peacefully under the sycamore trees, not 

 far from where the tank was emptied, and, for 



