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parties, they will receive any thanks or any in- 

 vitation for a day's fishing on the water. 



An example of this occurred in which all 

 details were known to me. An angler, desirous 

 of renting fishing, had the offer of a good 

 stretch of water at a reasonable rental, but in 

 excess of what the tenant was paying under an 

 agreement expiring a few months later. He 

 wrote to the agent declining to entertain the 

 matter until all negotiation with the existing 

 tenant was at an end. He sent a copy of the 

 agent's letter and his reply to the tenant. 

 Profuse expressions of thankfulness were made 

 in answer, and eventually the tenant secured the 

 water on his own terms. This gentleman, who 

 had the reputation of being a thorough sports- 

 man, never even had the politeness to write to 

 the angler who had behaved in so friendly a 

 spirit to tell him that he had secured a fresh 

 lease. Cases like this, however, occur every 

 day, and among all ranks of society. 



Perhaps the first point on which information 

 should be obtained by the intending lessee of a 

 fishery is the extent of the water. In connection 

 with this it is necessary to expose a subterfuge 

 which is too often attempted in the flowery 

 advertisement drawn up by the astute and fre- 

 quently unscrupulous land agent. It is said 

 that so many miles of trout fishing, or trout 



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Extent of 

 water and 

 whether both 

 banks. 



