AND HOW I HAVE CAUGHT MY FISH 299 



seem, when next I had to meet them, much less 

 grievous and not so hard to bear. 



So it's of the dear old Thames that I will write ; 

 and tell you how and where I have caught its 

 roach, chub, dace, barbel, perch, bream and pike, 

 not forgetting the plucky, toothsome gudgeon ; 

 and, of course, a little about the trout. 



