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appears deep here, and less exposed to 

 poachers. 



S. Yes. The fish are safe in this spot 

 and the river is well staked. The mention 

 of poaching reminds me of an event which 

 happened in the north of England about 

 twenty years since. On the 15th of June, 

 1827, the two brothers of a man named 

 Winter, a notorious poacher, came to the 

 Steward of the late Sir Philip Musgrave at 

 Edenhall, to request that a boat might be 

 lent them that they might search in the 

 river for their brother, who had been a 

 short time missing. His landing-net having 

 been found floating down the stream, it 

 was supposed that he was drowned. The 

 Steward accompanied the men to the river 

 Eamont, which they dragged in different 

 places with a net, and, after some hours' 

 toil, they succeeded in drawing out the 

 body from a deep pool in the river, under 

 some rocks called the Giant's Cave ; and, 



