THE LIGHT 109 



from an outbreak of lightning and the 

 wind. When the recovery is complete 

 the sport becomes inconstant. Then, 

 howsoever agreeable the weather may be 

 to society at large, to the angler it is a 

 speculative risk. The trout may rise 

 freely ; but that they may not is just as 

 probable. Indeed, it is more probable. 

 There are a few half-public waters the 

 sport on which is regularly reported in 

 the newspapers throughout the season. 

 If one watches the tidings, it will be 

 found that for every really good day 

 there are at least twenty indifferent or 

 bad days. This astonishing fact, which 

 will be considered in another chapter, and 

 there shown to be auspicious, means, 

 among other things, that the climate of 

 the British Islands is much stabler than it 

 is commonly reputed. There are many 

 small changes in the weather ; but great 

 changes, storms, are infrequent. 



