ON SOME ODD WAYS OF FISHING 



BY THE AUTHOR OF " MOUNTAIN, MEADOW, AND MERE" 



The maxim that one half the world does not know 

 how the other half lives may, with slight variation, 

 be applied to the world of sportsmen. The " sports- 

 man " is not of any particular class. The highest 

 in the land and tlie lowest may rub against each 

 other in the broad field of sport. This is peculiarly 

 true as regards the gentle art. Wandering by the 

 side of an unpreserved stream you may see my 

 lord casting a fly over this shallow ; and, twenty 

 yards further down, Tinker Ben seated by the side 

 of a chub hole watching his float circling round in 

 the eddy, and as the noble passes the boor an 

 honest angler's greeting may be interchanged, and 

 a light for the latter's pipe asked for and given. 

 It may be taken as a general rule that between 

 anglers who pursue their sport by fair means there 

 is a levelling freemasonry of the craft which is as 

 pleasant as it is right. 



Between the fair fisherman and the poacher, there 

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