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used it ; and he thinks, mistakenly, that it 

 is always opportune. 



Similarly, having once done well on 

 the Wey with a Mellursh's Fancy, Mr, 

 A G , whithersoever his wander- 

 ing footsteps stray, is inseparable from 

 that odd lure. It has never occurred to 

 him that the habitation of the insect 

 which it represents is local. 



His, however, is an error of omission 



only. Lord A is a sportsman of 



another kind. He does nothing without 

 reflection. In sport, as in Parliament, he 

 has always a reasoned argument for his 

 conduct. Never when I have been out 

 with him on his fine waters, in North 

 Wales, has he brought home so many 

 trout as were to be expected. Although 

 sometimes one or another of his guests 

 has fared much better, he does not seem 

 surprised. Once, resting by the river at 

 mid-day, I looked at the gear he was 

 using. Although the month was July, 

 the only fly on his cast was a March 

 Brown. Now, like the Redspinner and 



