1 yo How I Became a Sportsmax. 



landed on the bank. I thought him a whopper 

 and a beauty, as he was ; and he turned the 

 scale at over a pound. I had no sooner caught 

 him than I began to have suspicions that I 

 might be poaching, and bustled off home with 

 my prize as fast as I could go. 



On thinking the matter over, I came to the 

 conclusion that there must be more fish 

 further up the stream ; and soon after called 

 upon Sir H. T.^ the owner of the land, and 

 asked him if I might fish up his stream ? 



"Certainly," was the kind reply. "But I 

 doubt if you will find any fish there." 



I said, " I hope to convince you to the 

 contrary ; " and away I went to have a look 

 at the water. 



It was very narrow, only about five yards 

 wide, and very winding ; many of the bends 

 forming quite an angle. The stream was very 

 shallow in places, and so overgrown with 

 nettles, thorns, and bushes as to make it 

 difficult to see into it ; but although the stream 

 was generally shallow, at every bend there was 

 a hole, sometimes three or four feet deep, and 

 in others much more. But what a sight met 

 my eyes, such a one as I had never seen before 



