EASY-CHAIR MEMORIES 33 



we started by train; by we, I mean the two 

 rods and the bevy of three enthusiasts, whose 

 names I have already indicated ; our destina- 

 tion being one of the most picturesque and 

 enchanting bits of fishing on the Teme. I 

 need not further particularise than to say that 

 it was not many miles away from Little Here- 

 ford preserved water, of course, and so attrac- 

 tive-looking that it was impossible to conceive 

 how any one could fish in such water and not 

 catch fish ! And yet we did it ! and yet again 

 I may say we had a most delightful time in 

 those green meadows, by those still waters 

 open and free on our side, overshadowed by 

 high rocks and trees on the opposite side. 

 The girls were buoyant and merry, rushing 

 about from point to point seeking for side- 

 holes where solitary monster trout may haply 

 be found, and finding none, whilst the two rods 

 swept the stream from end to end, with the 

 only result of a brace of chub and a brace of 

 grayling. 



