IX 



A RECORD 



TTl TE were a small but cheery party 

 staying at the White Horse, at 

 Exforcl, ten years ao-o, for sta£{ huntino-. 

 The off-days were rather tedious, and the 

 youngsters of the party fell back on whip- 

 ping the Exe and Barle for trout. One 

 Sunday morning a little knot of us were 

 hanoino- about on the bridoe, when the 

 conversation turned not unnaturally on a 

 fish that for days had been persistently 

 lying just above the arch. 



" I think I could get that fellow," I 



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