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day will be gone, and not another yard will I go." Twynkles 

 was equally obdurate, and said, " Let's start chubbing." " By 

 the way, what are those two fellows doing on the bank ? " 

 This to Brown. " Oh, they're chubbing," replied Brown ? " 

 "Are they? "said Twynkles in rather mournful tones. "Do 

 you catch fish when you go chubbing, Brown ? " " Oh, 

 certainly," says Brown, " real pluggers ; regular whoppers on a 

 day like this." We accordingly moored the boat and rigged 

 up our rods and started chubbing. We chubbed a long time 

 without a bite. "Is this chubbing ? " ventured Twynkles. 

 " Yes," said Brown, " but the fish haven't found what we've 

 thrown in." Another twenty minutes passed without result. 

 Says Twynkles to Brown, " Do you think there are any chub in 

 this swim ? " " Well, probably not," says Brown, " let's try a bit 

 lower down we shall find them soon." We did try them lower 

 down, and still lower. Three o'clock had now arrived and no 

 pluggers which Brown had spoken of. " Do you call this a day's 

 chubbing, Brown ? " said Twynkles. " Yes," says Brown, " the 

 outing will do you good, even if you haven't caught fish." 

 " Blow your chubbing," says Twynkles, and so says Mr. 

 Hopper, for not a single fish did this chubbing expedition bring. 

 Brown couldn't understand it. He had been chubbing so 

 many times without a blank day. Twynkles smiled a faint 



incredulous smile, and let us draw the curtain over what 



still lingers in one's memory of this day's chubbing. 



" Do you frequently use worms for fishing on the Trent ? " 

 said an angler who had never fished that river. "Oh, 

 yes," said Mr. Hopper, " any amount. I get bags of 1000 

 and 2000 at a time from Stephen Dale, of Nottingham, 

 who always supplies me well." This subject of worms brings 

 to mind a little incident. After Mr. Hopper had been 

 a few days at his Trent-side retreat he observed that 

 his landlady's ducks and fowls were getting uncommonly 

 fat. It also occurred to him that his supply of worms ran short 

 somewhat more quickly than should be, but still his unsuspicious 

 mind did not connect that event with the fat ducks and fowls. 

 These went on fattening until they could scarcely walk. Can it 



