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equally good bedroom, 30^. per week ; a single bedroom and 

 use of the public sitting-rooms, 14^-. per week. Breakfast, 

 from \s. 6d. to 2s. ; plain dinner, with joint and pastry, 2S. 6d. 

 Fish and poultry extra. Boats, 2S. per day. Full bait, is. 

 Man, 4J. The season lasts from June to the end of October. 

 Out of the season the terms are somewhat easier. 



On the Bure there are two good inns at Acle, — the King's 

 Head, and Queen's ; but the best fishing station, especially for 

 pike, is at Horning Ferry. At the Ferry Hotel, Mr. Thompson, 

 the landlord, is a thorough sportsman. The nearest station 

 is Wroxham, four miles away, and Thompson will meet the 

 train with a conveyance upon being written to beforehand. 

 At Wroxham there is the King's Head, kept by Jimpson, and 

 lodgings are obtainable in the neighbourhood. On the Thurne 

 there are two small inns, the Falgate and the Waterman's Arms 

 at Potter Heigham ; and at Stalham, which commands Barton 

 Broad and the river Ant, are two good inns, the Swan and the 

 Maid's Head. Potter Heigham and Stalham are stations on 

 the North Norfolk Railway, which runs from Yarmouth across 

 to North Walsham, on the Norwich, Wroxham and Cromer line. 

 Ormesby and Martham stations on the same railway command 

 Ormesby Broad, where the Eel's Foot is the inn. 



I am desired to suggest a route for a fortnight's fishing, but 

 this is a suggestion most difficult to comply with. As I have 

 already explained, the whereabouts of the fish depends much 

 upon the tides, weather, and time of year. Supposing, how- 

 ever, one had a fortnight at one's disposal, I should recommend 

 that a third of it be spent on the Bure, say at Horning Feny ; 

 a third at Oulton Broad, with an excursion to Somerleyton ; 

 and a third on the Yare, say at Buckenham or Cantley. . . . 

 But if the angler selects any place I have alluded to as a fishing 

 station, the name of which may take his fancy, he will do quite 

 as well as if he followed any set route. There is absolutely no 

 choice, and if he determines the order of his going by the 

 simple process of tossing up he will find the selection as satis- 

 factory as he could wish. It often happens that an angler 



