198 SPORTS AND ANECDOTES. 



who was no less than Guildford Onslow, of Tich- 

 borne renown, I took a campaign about a mile from 

 the said town, and devoted myself a good deal to 

 the gentle art. 



The grayling fishing was particularly good, and 

 it was but seldom that I did not catch more than 

 I knew what to do with, and the well in my boat, 

 or rather a kind of punt made for rowing, was 

 generally overstocked with them, so that we not 

 only had more than we could consume ourselves in 

 the house, but I gave them away, as they say, 

 right and left. 



There were traditions of very large trout about 

 the bridge, where there were mills for grinding corn 

 and such like, and the road from Constance to 

 Schaffhausen ran over several small arches, where 

 the water could be let on or shut off at pleasure. 

 There was one large arch, under which, when the 

 water was not too high, a steamer, by letting down 

 her funnel, used to run between Constance and 

 Schaffhausen'; this used to occur at the time of the 

 melting of the snows on the mountains at the top of 

 the lake, and at that time there was not head-room, 

 and I have known the time when the passengers 

 had to duck to prevent their hats being knocked off, 



