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Round-the-Corner Smith A sad tragedy Killed on the cricket 

 field St. Beatty The amorous Oriental Bosnian beer Canon's 

 Park And Mrs. Begg Our El Dorado Happy days for young 

 anglers About tench And a quarrel The other Ted The only 

 fish in the pond But a good one A gala day with small carp 

 How did they get there ? The mystery of fish which arrive 

 without human intervention Fieldfare shooting The Dads rents 

 the Canon's Park shooting rights An early morning raid on the 

 wild-duck My bobbery pack of beagles Chaos at Canon's We 

 are fired ! Eheufugaces /..... -38 



CHAPTER VII 



I leave Harrow And proceed to Gloucester My godfather, Canon 

 Harding Girdlestone And his five daughters Also his one son 

 The theological students I start play- writing But " get the bird " 

 I steer the students' four The Trinity matriculation Easily 

 mastered I go up to Cambridge Become a " wet bob " I set up 

 a record which has never been broken Seven bumps in four 

 nights The second boat takes the first boat's colours But just 

 fails to finish " Head of the River " " Hands " . . . . 62 



CHAPTER VIII 



" Dardi-moor " " Cockie " Junior, my inimitable terrier Cat or Farm 

 Mixed game A dastardly deed How to dispose of the body My 

 brother-in-law An Admirable Crichton A prolific spring Dan 

 O'Rourke and his one snipe A million to one chance A lovely 

 ramble Browning the birds Cockie gathers a woodcock His 

 stern chase Ridden Mire An obnoxious reptile done in 

 Nearly bogged ......... 71 



CHAPTER IX 



Bellivor Tor And the Valley of the Dart An unexpected woodcock 

 retrieved with difficulty Outwitting the golden plover My 

 homeward journey Gathering clouds Lost in the night The 

 S.O.S. signal No response A nervous breakdown Harry to the 

 rescue " He laughs best who laughs last ! " The bullet finds its 

 billet Devastation among the black-cock A curious shot Little 

 fishes taste sweet ......... 83 



CHAPTER X 



Connemara Clew Bay and its three hundred and sixty-five islands 

 Burrishoole Lodge Shooting and fishing The Furnace Lough 

 Michael's terminological inexactitudes The Glenderhawk River 

 My first salmon Pat Gallagher, a weird character A tantalizing 

 fish The White Wings Skate-spearing And prawn-netting 

 The seals of Clew Bay Ted triumphant He goes for big game 

 on Innistorwhele The billy butts him But Ted has his revenge 

 with the help of Randy The head is inflicted upon us and drives 

 us from house and home It is used for purposes of revenge ! . 94 



CHAPTER XI 



Randy goes for mutton And pays a dire penalty Dick Garnett is 

 frightened out of his life A dramatic joke The poachers and 

 Glenderhawk My intervention ignored I am presented with one 

 of my own salmon And return good for evil A kick-up at Burris- 

 hoole I take the floor Ted becomes amorous The end of a 

 perfect evening My guests mix it with stones A salmon and a 

 sea- trout A coincidental repetition . . . . .104 



