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to approximate to that of the south. 

 The period of the evening rise is curtailed 

 by the approach of autumn, which also 

 is determined by latitude. September, 

 which is summer in the south of 

 England, is often autumnal in Scotland. 

 Trout-fishing closes earlier in England 

 than in Scotland, just as it opens later ; 

 but why it opens later or closes earlier 

 I do not know. Summer weather begins 

 earlier in England, and lasts longer. 

 That, if our laws were always inspired 

 by the inarticulate hints of Nature, 

 would result in the open season for trout 

 being longer in the south than in the 

 north. This, however, is a thought 

 apart. The point is that both in 

 England and in Scotland there is a 

 time at the beginning of the season and 

 a time towards the close during which 

 there is no evening rise. 



Thus far we have had comparatively 

 plain sailing. Trout do not rise in the 

 evening when they are only just " coming 

 into condition," and they do not rise in 



