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ANGLING. 



During clear and calm weather in summer and 

 autumn, pike take most freely about three in the 

 afternoon : in winter they may be angled for with 

 equal chances of success during the whole day : 

 early in the morning and late in the evening are 

 the periods best adapted for the spring, 



This fish is also angled for in a variety of ways 

 by fixed or set lines, and also by trimmers, or lig- 

 gers, as they are provincially called in some parts 

 of England. Horsea Mere and Heigham Sound 

 are two large pieces of water in the county of Nor- 

 folk, not far from Yarmouth, noted for their pike, 

 as partly immortalised in old CamdeiVs famous 

 lines of lengthened sweetness long drawn out, 



Horsey Pike, 

 None like." 



Mr. Yarrell received the following returns from 

 a sporting gentleman, of four days' fishing with 

 trimmers in these waters, in the month of March, 

 1834 : viz. on the llth at Heigham Sounds, 60 

 pike, weighing 280 pounds ; on the 13th at Horsea 

 Mere, 89 pike, weighing 379 pounds ; on the 18th, 

 again at Horsea Mere, 49 pike, weighing 213 

 pounds ; on the 1 9th, at Heigham Sounds, 58 pike, 

 weighing 263 pounds : the four days sport pro- 

 ducing 256 fish, weighing together 1135 pounds. 



As the mode of using trimmers in these extensive 

 broads affords great diversion, and is rather pe- 

 culiar, we shall here quote Mr. YarrelFs account of 

 it. " I may state that the ligger or trimmer is a 

 long cylindrical float, made of wood or cork, or 



