FISHING AT OULTON BROAD 25 



In wading like this the spear is not of much use, the 

 handle is somewhat long, eels cannot be taken with it, and 

 a fork will be found more wieldy and more advantageous 

 all round. There is one drawback to wading. Thorns are 

 in almost every stream of this kind, whilst glass bottles, 

 broken crockery and flints are apt to lacerate the feet, and 

 a butt coming down stream at full speed gives a blow to the 

 naked shin which would upset any nigger and severely 

 punishes a white man. 



Taking it all round, butt spearing, whether by wading or 

 from a boat, is an interesting sport, and to those who have 

 never indulged in it there is the extra attraction of its novelty. 



HKOAOI.AND TALISMANS 



