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resident in London, but a native of the 

 South Wales border of the Monnow, 

 Arrow, Honddu, and that group of 

 streams of the upstream and under- 

 tree class of fishing. The country is full 

 of born fishermen ; but this man never 

 fails to make the biggest baskets. He 

 isn't a poacher, but a gentleman and a 

 sportsman. He is such a terror that 

 some owners won't give him leave. His 

 acquaintances cannot account for it. He 

 is most notorious, and far outnumbers 

 every one." 



I know a good many persons like this 

 raider of Wales. Their deftness can be 

 explained, I think, without recourse to 

 the theory that their greenhearts or 

 built-canes are a newly discovered kind 

 of divining-rods. It seems to be attribut- 

 able to the faculty of observation, and 

 to that alone. Habitual frequenters of a 

 water are often astonished by the success 

 of some angler fishing there for the first 

 time. He always pauses at the best 

 places ; he seems always to have a trout 



