90 How I Became a Sportsmax. 



you can find — deep water bordering on the 

 weeds for choice. You can see at a glance 

 whether a fish has taken or not, according as 

 your red or white signal is uppermost. 



While Robert was setting up his trimmers, 

 and I sat on the bank, the squire took a turn 

 along it, and I very soon heard him singing 

 out. I ran up with the landing-net ; he had 

 a run, and after a time I put the net under 

 a pretty little fish of about three pounds. 



By this time Robert was back with the 

 punt, and we moved off. We pulled up to the 

 further end of the pond, but here, after getting 

 one small fish of about two pounds (we should 

 have put him in again had not our orders been 

 to destroy, as he was not injured by the hooks), 

 we found the water shallow, and too many 

 weeds still standing, so we came back again 

 into deeper water, had a few casts, but got no 

 run, when we decided to go still lower down ; 

 we then came upon one of Robert's trimmers, 

 which had got some distance from where 

 he put it, showing the white flag of defeat. 

 Robert's eyes glistened, and we hauled into the 

 punt a very pretty fish of about four poun:ls, 

 and not being much injured, we put him into 



