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most comfortable abode to the wandering angler, and is 

 well patronized during the season, but the accommodation 

 being limited, it is as well to apply for beds, etc., before- 

 hand. The hamlet of East Whitton succeeds Middleham, 

 and thence the Yore flows past the ruins of Jervaulx Abbey, 

 situated on the estate of the Marquess of Aylesbury ; here 

 Wensleydale terminates, and the water is more adapted to 

 pike and bottom fishing until the angler comes to about a 

 mile above Clifton Castle, where the streams recommence 

 and continue almost to the little market town of Masham ; 

 the " King's Head " is the principal inn at this place, the 

 landlord, Mr. Strickland, being able to give permission on 

 a good length of water. About a mile below Masham the 

 river Burn enters the Yore, but its waters are more suitable 

 for worm and minnow fishing than fly. Following the 

 course of the Yore, past Aldborough, we come to the mag- 

 nificent grounds named " Hackfall," the property of the 

 Marquess of Bipon ; here the river, rushing through a rocky 

 valley, surrounded by towering woods, presents a most 

 tempting picture to the angler, rippling streams holding 

 many a golden trout, quiet eddying flats on which the 

 silvery grayling ever and anon glance up at the floating 

 ephemerae, quaint miniature castles and grottos perched up 

 here and there among the sylvan groves man's efforts to 

 enhance the beauties of nature what more can the most 

 critical desire *? In all my wanderings in search of my 

 favourite sport, seldom have I met with such a lovely pic- 

 ture as can be met with here ; visitors are permitted to 

 inspect the grounds on payment of one shilling each at the 

 gates, but the fishing is preserved for the friends of the 

 Marquess, although sometimes a ticket for a day may be 

 procured for a friend by a resident in the district. From 

 the lower boundary of Hackfall down to the village of 

 Mickley, deep water intervenes, and as the banks of the 

 river here are densely wooded, there is no chance even for 



