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iron grating had become displaced, and all the 

 fish had slipped through, to their own great 



flee, and the angler's intense mortification, 

 hey returned empty-handed, and could not 

 resist the conviction that they had been hook- 

 ing the same fish again and again throughout 

 the entire day ! 



" It is well to have a couple of tubs in the 

 punt, to hold the supply of clay, bran, gentles, 

 or worms. These tubs will be found much 

 more convenient for the purpose than the bags 

 which are sometimes used. 



" It is difficult to lay down precise or definite 

 directions for the management of a punt, as 

 very much depends upon the nature of the 

 water in which you fish. Upon an ordinary 

 lake the task is simple ; but on rapid streams 

 as, for instance, that favourite and delightful 

 resort of anglers, the Thames at Richmond 

 it becomes somewhat arduous. The better plan 

 to adopt at such places, when pushing against 

 the stream, is to keep rather close in shore. 

 If you are desirous of fishing in a more central 

 part of the river, push your punt about twelve 

 or fifteen yards beyond the place where you 

 intend to fix yourself; then turn her head out 

 in the stream, and by the time you get into the 

 centre you will be at or about the spot where 

 you wish to cast the line." 



FISH TO BE HOOKED. 



The fish usually taken by anglers in Great 

 Britain are the barbel, bleak, bream, bull-head, 



