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And fished just behind Lord Orkney's, with 

 little success. I must confess I never saw, all 

 the times I was there, more than two or three 

 trout, say, three-quarters of a pound, taken with 

 the fly. I have taken chub with fly, under the 

 bushes, a little above ; and I have seen some of 

 my friends, apparently good fishers, try all day 

 at the Wear, and come off in the evening, 

 without getting an offer : and, the last excursion 

 to the same place, with other four, we never 

 saw a fin. I have also fished from a boat, below 

 the bridge and about Bray, with little better 

 success, although my friend, who accompanied 

 me, took, I think, a brace of jacks about 3 

 Ibs. each, after losing, I should say, in traces 

 and hooks, on the weeds, nearly the worth of 

 twenty shillings ; but I never yet fished from 

 a punt in the Thames, with all the well known 

 appendages of ease and comfort which we so 

 often see indulged in at Richmond and Twicken- 

 ham. 



