72 A DAY ON THE TEME 



I know the old inn at Leintwardine very 

 well, and I have in my possession a very pretty 

 drawing of it on wood which was presented to 

 me by Dr. Edward Hamilton (author of " The 

 Riverside Naturalist," etc.) some years ago. I 

 now, by his permission, give a reproduction of 

 it. Dr. Edward Hamilton in his delightful 

 book, "Fly-Fishing for Salmon, Trout, and 

 Grayling," says: "No one can read Sir Hum- 

 phry Davy's description of this fishing on the 

 Teme without a longing desire to try his hand 

 and visit such a valley and such a river." He 

 adds that his " chief experience in this delightful 

 sport has been on the Teme at Leintwardine, 

 which I fished every September and October 

 for sixteen years, and glorious sport it was." 

 Here is what Sir Humphry Davy says of the 

 inn : 



"SCENE Leintwardine^ near Ludlow. 

 " TIME Beginning of October. 



" ff aliens. You have reached your quarters. 

 Here is your home a rural, peaceable, and 

 unassuming inn, with as worthy a host and 

 hostess as may be found in this part of England. 

 The river glides at the bottom of the garden, 

 and there is no stream in England more pro- 

 ductive of grayling. . . . 



