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patience rewarded by several long shots at peewits, although 

 the birds are too far off for his shot to take effect. 



At Somerleyton Bridge one often has to wait for the train 

 to pass over before they will open it to allow one to proceed 

 on the way. Between Somerleyton and Haddiscoe Bridges, 

 a distance of over a mile, there is little to interest the 

 sportsman. Peewits are at all times plentiful, although 

 they seldom come within gun-shot of boats on the river. 

 A few years back this reach was a breeding-ground of a 

 considerable number of moorhens, but now they all seem to 

 have been shot or driven away. Emerging from Haddiscoe 

 Bridge, the New Cut lies directly in front ; it is a canal some 

 three miles in length, built by Sir Morton Peto when the ruinous 

 project was in vogue of attempting to make Norwich a 

 port. There is no fishing to be obtained in this Cut, and 

 as the train runs beside it all the way, the shooting is equally 

 profitless. Yarmouth being our destination, and having a 

 fair wind for the old river, we leave the Cut on our left, 

 and immediately arrive at St Olaves Suspension Bridge. In 

 order to pass under it the mast must be lowered, which 

 occupies some little time, and a trip along the banks of 

 the river, to the ruins of the old priory, on the right-hand 

 bank, is worth taking. 



The remains of the once famous and grand old abbey, 

 from which the village of St Olaves takes its name, are more 

 interesting than is at first anticipated; the crumbling walls 

 run quite to the water's edge, and in many places they have 

 been desecrated to common and base uses, as barns, cow-sheds, 

 pigstyes and cottages. 



Headquarters for sportsmen will be found at St Olaves 

 Bell, a house much frequented by tourists during the summer 

 season. It is an old-fashioned inn, with bowling-greens and 

 tea-gardens beside the river bank. Living as well as boat 

 hire will be found exceedingly cheap, and good fishing can be 

 obtained in the neighbourhood. 



A stoppage should be made here in order to pay a visit to 

 the far-famed Fritton Lake which in shape is like the 



