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that white one ! He is a cute one. When our backs were 

 turned he soon smelt out Fletcher's [another advertisement 

 gratis !] prime half-crown pork pie and demolished the 

 interior, leaving the crust for us. Poor doggie, he would be 

 bilious on Sunday. No, not any big carp bream. Mr. 

 Hopper thinks that wagon load slightly diminished the numbers. 

 Lots of silver bream, a few roach, and two eels were brought to 

 bank, but nothing- of any size to warrant special notice. Friend 

 Humber hooked an eel close on slbs., but it got entangled 

 in the ivy on the wall already alluded to, and broke the trace. 

 If Mr. Hopper were to proceed to describe the beauties of the 

 place, it would at once be recognised. Suffice it to say that a 

 most enjoyable day was spent, and although the fish, with the 

 exception of the seven pounder, were not large, still a goodly 

 number best part of 100 were caught. 



