

THE WHITE HORSE 6$ 



wide awake. The Professor was not with me 

 at the time. I wish he may get him before he 

 leaves. 



It saddens me to tell that my May Fly fishing 

 in the month of June, 1901, has come to an 

 end, as all pleasant things do in this changing 

 world. The Professor and I had a joyful time 

 during the ten or twelve days we spent together 

 in this secluded, quiet spot, discovered for us 

 by Piscator Major, and hitherto quite unknown 

 to either of us, in the Vale of the White Horse. 

 It was a great disappointment to us that the 

 Major could not join us. Truly, a pleasant 

 spot it is, and I shall always look back upon 

 the time I spent there as a delightful episode in 

 the experience of my old age. We felt sprightly 

 and young as we sallied forth every morning 

 from the nice old farmhouse, after a sumptuous 

 breakfast with the family. 



Ah, that butter and cream, that ham and 

 those eggs ! You cannot get such a ham as 

 that, you Londoners, for love or money. I 

 wanted to buy the other hind leg of that same 

 pig, at present reposing on the rack, but neither 

 Mr. nor Mrs. P. would part with it ; these good 

 things are not for sale. We all started fair on 

 F 



