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part of the stream, by some of whom they 

 must be detected in their hides and lurking- 

 places. All the rivers or becks abound with 

 Trout of the finest flavour, and largest size ; 

 and it is reckoned unfair to kill a fish under the 

 weight of a pound, many being caught from 

 two to six pounds, and sometimes even of 

 nine or ten pounds weight. The streams roll 

 through the finest meadows, and there are 

 no trees or bushes to intercept the sports- 

 man's diversion ; but the country round, par- 

 ticularly near Driffield, is beautifully diversi- 

 fied with picturesque views of hills, dales, 

 and woodlands, and all the walks about the 

 town are remarkably pleasant ; besides there 

 is a navigation-cut, beginning at Driffield, 

 which is also well filled with Trout ; and, a 

 mile or two below Wansford, with numbers 

 of large Pike and Perch, affording in their 

 turns much amusement : there are also great 

 numbers of Eels, Roach, Gudgeons, &c. and 

 in all the streams innumerable shoals of 

 minnows that feed and fatten the Trout. In 

 the church at Little-Driffield, about a mile 



