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CHAPTER II 



FISHING IN THE WYE, THE LUGG, AND 

 THE TEME 



Fishing in the Lugg Two rods and three girls, Margerie, 

 Minnie, and Molly 88 degrees in the shade What 

 then in the sun ? Molly caught a trout Great excite- 

 ment Two rods crestfallen Lord Roberts Visit 

 to Ludlow Fishing in the Teme. 



Tuesday, 2isf August 1906. I took my de- 

 parture from this land of " rest and quiet," and 

 in due course found myself happily welcomed 

 in the old town of Ludlow. My experience quite 

 justifies the assertion that August is the worst 

 month for trout-fishing, and that bright sun- 

 shine, low water, and lazy grayling, sleeping 

 on the bottom of the stream, do not contribute 

 to basket-filling. 



The next morning we went to the Lugg, five 



of us, in a wagonette, fourteen miles away, 

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