68 ANGLING 



Brown is fat a fifteen stoner and he covered a lot of ground 

 before the rolling was completed and he could be pronounced 

 " disinfected " and fit once more for human companionship. 

 Mr. Hopper inspected that piece of ground where Brown rolled 

 himself, and it presented the appearance of a herd of cattle 

 having lain there overnight. The grass was compressed close 

 to the ground, and many were the stains of Trent mud which 

 were visible in patches. Friend Brown declared some .had 

 gone down his throat, and as a " drop of Scotch " is (according 

 to Brown) the only known remedy to take away the nauseous 

 feeling which ensues after swallowing a fair quantity of Trent 

 mud, Mr. Hopper rowed him home and soon caused " the only 

 known remedy" to be several times applied. Under its genial 

 influence friend Brown got his throat cleared and became very 

 talkative respecting his various angling feats on the Trent in 

 days long gone by. They were big feats, all of them regular 

 " Trent-siders " so Mr. Hopper puts on his prudence cap, and 

 does not reproduce them in these notes. 



