7*3 OBSERVATION'S 



Trout being so beautiful, the angler will 



be ambitious of exhibiting the spoils of the 



day, in as favorable a light as he can ; for 



this purpose, his fishing pannier should be 



large enough to admit them their full length, 



strewing a little hay or grafs between them. 



Many anglers (who have no other object in 



view than a lounge) put the fish in their 



pockets, which after a hot 'day and a long 



walk, have so disgusting an appearance, that 



it -would puzzle an able naturalist to say, at 



first sight, to which clafs in the creation they 



properly belonged. 



The river Greet is as fine a trout stream 

 as any in the kingdom, and trout weighing 

 upwards of five pounds have been caught in 

 it, but owing to the unaccountable neglect 

 of gentlemen and proprietors of land residing 

 in the neighbourhood of this beautiful river, 

 it has suffered considerably from the depre- 

 dations of poachers, and the many unfair and 

 illiberal practices which have been used, to 

 take and destroy. the fish. 



