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quickly, or you will be amongst stones and have 

 trouble to clear. When the river is high the 

 fish lie much nearer the bank, and it is then 

 that you have an easy task and a more promising 

 chance. 



The river on this side is here bounded by a 

 meadow, and it is quite easy to cast a long line from 

 the high, grassy bank ; but let me warn you against 

 the danger of standing too near the edge, as it is, 

 in places, undermined, and will let you in, as it 

 did Peter while he was lifting out a fish for Mr. 

 Margetson. Peter's going under with his prize was 

 funny and quaint, but Margetson's serious advice 

 to Peter not to drown if he could help it, but on 

 no account to lose the fish, nearly caused a fit to 

 an unseen onlooker. 



A quarter of a mile farther down you come 

 to the 



BROOM POOL, 



which is quite a favourite of mine. You can fish 

 here with the perfect assurance that more than one 

 fish will see your bait. To the fisherman who has 

 come here for the first time it presents far more 

 possibilities for the losing of tackle than for the 

 catching of fish, and could one but gather up all 

 that has been lost in this pool quite a store of all 

 kinds of lures would result. 



Rocks and boulders are side by side, some of 

 which are high up, and a knowledge of their where- 



