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most comfortable abode to the wandering angler, and is 
well patronized during the season, but the accommodation 
being limited, it is as well to apply for beds, etc., before- 
hand. The hamlet of East Whitton succeeds Middleham, 
and thence the Yore flows past the ruins of Jervaulx Abbey, 
situated on the estate of the Marquess of Aylesbury ; here 
Wensleydale terminates, and the water is more adapted to 
pike and bottom fishing until the angler comes to about a 
mile above Clifton Castle, where the streams recommence 
and continue almost to the little market town of Masham ; 
the “King’s Head” is the principal inn at this place, the 
landlord, Mr. Strickland, being able to give permission on 
a good length of water. About a mile below Masham the 
river Burn enters the Yore, but its waters are more suitable 
for worm and minnow fishing than fly. Following the 
course of the Yore, past Aldborough, we come to the mag- 
nificent grounds named “ Hackfall,” the property of the 
Marquess of Ripon ; here the river, rushing through a rocky 
valley, surrounded by towering woods, presents a most 
tempting picture to the angler, rippling streams holding 
many a golden trout, quiet eddying flats on which the 
silvery grayling ever and anon glance up at the floating 
ephemere, quaint miniature castles and grottos perched up 
here and there among the sylvan groves—man’s efforts to 
enhance the beauties of nature—what more can the most 
critical desire? In all my wanderings in search of my 
favourite sport, seldom have I met with such a lovely pic- 
ture as can be met with here; visitors are permitted to 
inspect the grounds on payment of one shilling each at the 
gates, but the fishing is preserved for the friends of the 
Marquess, although sometimes a ticket for a day may be 
procured for a friend by a resident in the district. From 
the lower boundary of Hackfall down to the village of 
Mickley, deep water intervenes, and as the banks of the 
river here are densely wooded, there is no chance even for 
