DOVE DALE "REVISITED 4! 



with steep and craggy hills, we came upon the 

 Fish Hatchery, which on my last visit was quite 

 new, having only just been erected by Sir Henry 

 Allsopp, and was in full working order. Now, 

 alas ! it is in a state of absolute ruin, the tanks 

 broken and rotten, the beds overgrown with 

 weeds, altogether presenting an appearance of 

 desolation. 



Having refreshed ourselves with tea at Ham- 

 bleton's newly-built, very pretty little temperance 

 hotel in Mill Dale, Alstonfield, we proceeded 

 onwards. Here Lord Hindlip, since our last 

 visit, has erected some picturesque cottages for 

 his keepers. Mr. J. P. Sheldon, writing in 

 1894, says : 



" Immense numbers of young fry have been 

 turned into the river in Lord Hindlip's domain ; 

 but of course they soon become free to riparian 

 owners outside its limits, as they migrate up or 

 down stream. The fishing hereabout is ex- 

 cellent." 



We met Mr. Lock, the keeper, a friend of 

 all at our hotel. He is a first-rate fly fisherman, 

 and maker of the particular flies to which the 

 Dove trout and grayling are most partial. He 

 astonished us by saying that three days ago he 



