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limpidity of which is not much affected 

 even by a heavy flood, this simple tackle 

 afibrds delicate and exciting sport ; but 

 there are many fine streams of quite a 

 different kind. Different are all those 

 which flow through regions where brown 

 earth is ploughed. These are the 

 streams in the Lowlands of Scotland and 

 of Ireland and many in England. They 

 also, when the waters are clear, yield 

 trout in the manner which now and then 

 affords an engaging variety to fishermen 

 in the south-west of England ; but some- 

 times they are in a state which calls for 

 another method of angling. That is the 

 state of flood. The local anglers are 

 always hoping for it, and they hail its 

 coming with delight. 



One can share their feelings. 



For weeks the stream has been steadily 

 falling ; there is in it so little water that 

 the millers all along the course have had 

 to push down the sluices of the dams o' 

 nights, so as to accumulate force for use 

 in daytime ; the river is but a shadow of 



