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in there was little worth after Cockneys came 

 down on the Saturday evening, and used to fish 

 on the Sunday, a thing which, I may say, I 

 never did. They took dace, roach, and perch ; 

 but, it was small fishing to me. I fished far- 

 ther down below the mill ; but at one time a 

 great many years after, I took only one small 

 trout. I have, when October was a fine month, 

 taken a dozen or two of other fish, dace, etc., 

 but it was more a run for fresh air than 

 any other thing. Hubert de Burgh, Esq., is 

 the Lord of the Manor here ; and, to him, I 

 was indebted for leave to fish. It fell off 

 for many years ; but I chanced to walk here 

 about a year ago, and I saw the fruits of pre- 

 serving water ; there were then plenty of fine 

 large trout, but I was told few could take them 

 with rod and line ; many of these were four and 

 five pounds weight, and I hope again to try 

 my hand on them some of these days shortly. 

 For the sake of recreation, I have also gone to 



