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many of which are by this time sizable. The sport 

 is then so good that the freeholder is either out him- 

 self or represented by a friend on nearly every favour- 

 able day during the season. If the prospective tenant 

 finds that it is imperative for him either to make some 

 concession as to the lessor's right of fishing, or to lose 

 the chance of securing a desirable piece of water, he 

 should in his negotiations stipulate that there must be 

 some limitation of this right. If he can do so it is a 

 good plan to agree that the landlord's right is to be a 

 strictly personal one, and whether it is strictly personal, 

 or can be used by a friend either staying at the house 

 or delegated by the lessor, it is wise to have it stated 

 in the agreement of tenancy that the landlord's fishing 

 right cannot be exercised for more than a limited 

 number of days in any one season, and that no two 

 of these days should be in the same week. 



When considering whether it is worth his while 

 to enter into negotiations in 

 Reputation of the respect to a fishery, the pro- 



river, spective tenant should as a pre- 



liminary devote himself to ob- 

 taining reliable information in respect to the reputa- 

 tion of the river, and particularly as to the stretch 

 offered, or other stretches in its immediate vicinity. 

 If the stream is considered a dour one, in which trout 

 do not take surface food well, he had better at once 

 decide not to entertain the offer. If he allows himself to 

 be persuaded that by introducing a good stock of sizable 

 fish he will revolutionize the character of the trout 



