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residence is a proof that he is a disciple of 

 Izaak Walton). We took an early train from 

 Sandown on Saturday morning, and in due time 

 we reached Newport, where Mr. Wadham met 

 and escorted us to Pond No. i. There are five 

 mill-ponds, which are fed by the river Lukely, 

 within the limits of the club's fishing rights. I 

 should say that on this occasion I am bound by 

 no pledge of secrecy, therefore I gladly give 

 names and place of our day's outing. 



Before we begin to fish it may be as well to 

 say that the club is of a high-class character, 

 that the number of members is limited to 

 twenty, and the annual subscription ten guineas. 

 The number of trout to be taken by one rod in 

 a day is two brace. As regards these rules I 

 will only remark that it seems to me that being 

 bound down to two brace a day is not sufficiently 

 encouraging. I should have thought four or 

 five brace a day would have been more tempt- 

 ing to bring subscribers up to the full number. 1 



1 The limit of two brace was fixed for this season as 

 the fish have not long been put in. Mr. Wadham tells 

 me that next year the limit will probably be four or five 

 brace, and I am sure there will be no difficulty in getting 

 rods. Last Tuesday (August igth), fishing with Mr. 

 E. M. Tod's new fly, I caught seven or eight brace of 



