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easily be got. For some distance above it is preserved, but leave 

 may be obtained j or he can go on up to Crewkerne, where he 

 can obtain a season ticket, I/. 1*. (or a week or day ditto). There 

 is a tackle maker, who supplies flies, at Axminster. The Yarty is 

 a nice stream, strictly preserved ; but leave is procurable. The 

 Otter is a nice river, holding good trout ; tickets to be had at Ottery, 

 2s. 6d. per day. The Teign is a pretty river, but a good deal 

 poached; Dunsford, Moreton, and Chagford, are the best stations. 

 The best trout the angler will find to be in the Otter, the Culm, 

 Axe, and Exe. In most of the other rivers, though the trout 

 abound, they are small. The angler contemplating a tour among 

 the Devonshire streams, had better go to Exeter, and supply him- 

 self with the necessary flies, and any information he may need, at 

 the tackle makers' there ; or he will find Lyme Regis, on the coast, 

 a good central point, whence many of these rivers can be reached, 

 and where he will get lodging, &c., reasonable; the best way to get 

 there would be by rail (South- Western) to Dorchester, and on by 

 coach. The Lyne, at Lynmouth, North Devon, can be fished by 

 stopping at Jones's Lyndale Hotel. The scenery is very fine, and 

 the fishing would be good, but it is much poached. Pulman, of 

 Axminster, ties a capital fly for these rivers. 



THE TAW AND THE TORRIDGE (Salmon, Trout, and Perch), 

 Great Torrington, North Devon. The Taw is a capital river. 

 Terms : season tickets for salmon, 21. 2s. ; day tickets, 5s. ; for 

 trout and perch, I/. Is. and 2*. 6d. The salmon fishing is very 

 good in March or April, as many as five having been taken, last 

 season, in one day, and twenty in the month. The peal fishing is 

 also good ; and the perch are fine. For information, flies, tickets, 

 &c., apply to Mr. J. D. Bastard, fishing-tackle maker, Great Tor- 

 rington, who can also give any information to other rivers in North 

 Devon. The Torridge is fished by an association, limited to twenty, 

 the subscription II. Is. per annum. The season is from the 1st of 

 March to the 1st of August. There is a good stretch, and variety of 

 water. Mr. Bastard will supply any further information, flies, &c. 

 The scenery is fine, and lodging and accommodation cheap. Route : 

 Great Western Railway and North Devon. At the improving little 

 watering place of Instow, there is capital salt water fishing, and 

 plenty of bass may be caught with the fly. [See Advertisement]. 



SLAPTON LEA (Pike, Perch, and Rudd), near Dartmouth, 

 Devon. A fine lake, with plenty of pike, perch and rudd, which 

 can be fished by persons frequenting the Sands Hotel, kept by Mr. 

 Pollard. The charge for a punt and man is 3*. 6d. per day. The 

 pike fishing is excellent. The lake is only divided from the sea by 

 a narrow beach, and there is good sea bathing. Great Western 

 Railway to Totness, thence by steamer to Dartmouth, and on by 

 fly to Slapton Lea ; or direct by fly from Totness to Slapton Lea, 

 about eighteen miles. 



