150 BROADLAND SPORT 



had the opportunity of passing one more evening upon the 

 marshland, in the midst of the iife which we love, and having 

 added to our experience by noting the hundred and one minor 

 incidents which are always fresh and interesting, however 

 often they may have been seen before. 



The foregoing picture is but a reminiscence of Broadland 

 life at the close of day, or an evening on the flighting ground, 

 but should the visitor not be fortunate enough to obtain per- 

 mission from some owner or other to participate in that 

 sport, he can, if he be so minded, by leaving his gun and dog 

 behind him, betake himself in a " dinghy " or punt to some 

 well-known stand upon a water to which he has access, and 

 by concealing himself in the rushes, watch the scene, and in 

 his imagination picture what he would do could he only 

 carry his wishes into effect. 



Whilst moored at St Bennet's Abbey it is well to sail 

 in the dinghy to explore the ramifications of such broads as 

 lie in the district, and in doing so to spin a spoon bait out 

 aft. This process should be rewarded during the day with 

 several runs both from pike and perch, which are taken home 

 for consumption on board. 



The fishing on South Walsham Great Broad is preserved, 

 but it is not difficult to obtain the necessary permission, and 

 very large takes often reward the patient piscator. 



Leaving St Bennet's Abbey, we turn a bend of the river 

 reaching southwards, and arrive at the dyke leading to 

 Kan worth Broads. Like South Walsham, these broads lie 

 about a mile from the river, and the fishing and shooting is 

 preserved on each, although the public claim a right to fish 

 on Ranworth Little Broad. During the autumn and winter 

 these broads are noted for the pike they contain, which run 

 from thirty pounds in weight downwards. 



Ranworth Great Broad, which at one time contained 

 several decoy pipes, is noted in Broadland for the wildfowl 

 that collect there during the winter. 



From Ranworth Broad several other minor waters are 

 navigable. The whole neighbourhood is strictly preserved 



