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go upwards, it being generally considered that salmon 

 and trout do not thrive well together, and that if 

 the breeding of salmon was encouraged it would be 

 at the expense of the trout fisheries. 



Nearly all these Hampshire rivers are strictly pre- 

 served, and some of those in the vicinity of Andover, 

 Stockbridge, Houghton, and Winchester are in the 

 hands of first-class clubs, the subscriptions to which 

 are high, and access difficult. Still, there are a few 

 pieces of free water at Winchester, Bishopstoke, and 

 Romsey ; and Mr. Currell and Mr. Chalkley, both of 

 Winchester, rent considerable portions of the river 

 there, and issue season and day tickets. At Bishop- 

 stoke, where there is some splendid trout and grayling 

 fishing, season and day tickets are now being issued 

 by the proprietor of a large estate, who has hitherto 

 preserved very highly, and would scarcely allow his 

 own friends to fish ; and several instances have come 

 to my knowledge lately where landed proprietors, 

 only able to obtain a reduced income from their farms, 

 have been glad to supplement it by making a few 

 pounds annually out of their fishing. So that, to the 

 angler as well as the land owner, agricultural distress 

 is not an unmitigated evil. And if more attention 

 was paid to the stocking and preserving of rivers, the 

 incomes of landed proprietors might be considerably 

 increased, and a very important addition made to the 

 food of the country. The Avon, at Ringwood, in the 

 New Forest, about 100 miles S.W. of London, has 

 some good salmon trout and grayling fishing, and 

 also very fine roach and perch. Day tickets can be 

 obtained of the hotel keepers. The Beaulieu river, 

 the tidal portion of which is, of course, free, is noted, 



