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wear it." The veteran explained that he was 

 only in his working clothes, and that he wore 

 his medal on Sundays and holidays. His 

 lordship repeatedly said that he had never 

 been in Shropshire, or in Ludlow, before ; he 

 was surprised and delighted at all he had seen, 

 and he hoped at no very distant date to return 

 and view at more leisure the very charming 

 district. I am glad to give this brief testimony 

 to the charms of the old town. 



FISHING IN THE TEME 



I find that my fishing excursions only serve 

 as pegs on which to hang all sorts of irrelevant 

 material. I have been unlucky in choosing the 

 month of August for a holiday, for, of course, 

 I know by old experience that for fishing it 

 is the worst month in the year. During my 

 fortnight I have devoted three separate days 

 to fishing in three separate streams the Wye, 

 the Lugg, and the Teme. I have told the 

 story of the two first, and now I come to 

 the Teme. 



It was on Friday last, 24th August, the 

 memorable day of the visit of Lord Roberts 

 to our ancient borough, that in the afternoon 



