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I am aware that the expense already incurred, 

 and still being continued, in scouring the lakes, 

 in restocking them, and generally in keeping 

 them to the high mark of efficiency which the 

 active secretary aims at, is very great. 



Up yonder is Carisbrooke Castle, and there 

 is the window from which the good but un- 

 happy King Charles more than two hundred 

 and fifty years ago must often have looked 

 down upon the Lukely and probably on our 

 Pond No. i. Truly, the Lukely, like other 

 brooks, may sing as we poor mortals cannot : 



" Men may come and men may go, 

 But I go on for ever. " 



Pond No. i is a very fine one, one-half of 

 it surrounded by bushes and orchards, in the 

 midst of which it is very difficult to cast, and 

 here the trout were rising freely. It is full of 

 big trout, and the day being very bright with 

 only occasional breezes, and the water clear as 

 crystal, they could be seen sailing about in large 

 numbers. It is needless to say the accom- 

 plished Major soon reached his limit of two 



very pretty fish in about three hours on a hot, bright 

 day. I think the " A. A.'s " praise of the water is quite 

 justified. R. B. M. 



