80 FROM SPRING TO FALL. 



them, they did not appeal to the law. As they 

 would not always give permission to fish when 

 asked to do so, some — that is, two or three that, like 

 their " betters," were also men of their inches — 

 fished fairly at times without it. 



The weir is left behind, and we have made our 

 way to the mill-pool where the river above makes 

 its way over and through the sluices into the pool 

 below. Tench and fine carp once had their home 

 here with other fish ; and we can assure our readers 

 that river carp and tench are very different from 

 muddy pond fish of the same species. But it is no 

 use coming here now to tempt those carp, 5 and 7 lb. 

 in weight, with a small fresh-dug new potato, or an 

 amber-heart cherry fresh from the tree, the hook 

 being inserted in it while the cherry was held by its 

 stem, so that the fingers did not come in contact 

 with the fruit. When all was ready the stem was 

 pulled out and the bait dropped in. If our old 

 gardener friend, whose most bitter foes were haw- 

 finches, because they ground up his marrer-fats, 

 could provide us with a pod of his most "per- 

 ticklers," as he called them, it would be no use now. 

 Yet a fine green pea, or for that matter a couple, is 



