CHAPTER V 



ON THE WYE 



A MORNING DRIVE AN OLD MAN'S ANECDOTES AN 

 EVENING WALK ON GOOD FRIDAY BY THE SIDE 

 OF THE HEREFORDSHIRE WYE 



" In a great river great fish are found ; 

 But take heed lest you be drowned." 



G. HERBERT. 



April $th y 1902. 



last we have managed to hoist 

 the dear old boy into the trap. 

 He had added two steps to help 

 himself up, the lowest being within 

 eight inches of the ground. With the aid of his 

 wife and the groom we got him to lift his right 

 foot on to the lower step and his left foot on to 

 the next, and so on till he was safely landed in 

 a comfortable seat, well wrapped up; and off 

 we started for a six-mile drive on this lovely 



