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windmill at the end of Brudenell Terrace. There is a 
second good place south of Slaughden, over the ruins of 
an old battery opposite the martello tower; but it is 
necessary to fish well to the south, otherwise the tackle 
is certain to get foul of the bricks and other déb77s, or is 
likely to roll from the battery into the sea. Still further 
on are the “Shepherd’s House” and the Volunteer rifle 
range; and some fifty yards south of the target is another 
favourite spot, the “Point.” Yet a mile further south 
are the “ Dirty Wall Stakes”; and Mr. Geoghegan con- 
siders that the very best fishing of all is to be had about 
150 yards north of these stakes, though the sport is at 
times good from the stakes themselves as far as Orford 
lighthouse along the bight of the bay. In very rough 
weather, some sport is obtained by shooting a line in the 
river, which is, however, too weedy for rod-fishing. 
Bexhill-on-Sea, see Hastings. 
‘The sea-fishing off Bognor is practically confined to 
the three months August to October. In 
August there is some pollack-railing, with an 
occasional bass, off the rough ground east 
of the pier-head, and so, intermittently, to Littlehampton 
(g.v.). The fish run larger, however, though less numerous 
outside on the rocks about a mile and a half beyond the 
pier-head. From the pier itself, the fishing is worse than 
useless, very small flat fish and whiting being about the 
only fish caught there nowadays. In September, the 
railing falls off, but the ground-fishing (boats anchor 
within five hundred yards of the pier) improves. In 
October, there is good boat-fishing for cod and whiting. 
There are so many lobster-pots out throughout the 
summer months that extreme care is necessary in railing 
in order to avoid smashing tackle among the corks. At 
Selsea, a few miles to the westward, there is in the 
summer months very fair boat-fishing for pollack with 
live prawn, but the wind should be off shore. 
In devoting considerable space to the Bournemouth 
grounds, I do not wish to claim for the place 
any fishing better than that obtainable at 
many other spots not treated of in these 
pages at half the length. I have fished at Bournemouth, 
however, at intervals during the past sixteen years, have 
watched the red bricks gradually encroach on the pine 
Bognor 
(Sussex) 
Bourne- 
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