194 A YEAR OF SPORT AND NATURAL HISTORY. 



two pounds in weight, and, more often than not, runs some three 

 to the pound. But whether the angler be pulling leisurely about 

 fair Windermere in the hope of enticing this beautiful fish from 

 the deeps, or trouting, with the off chance of a Char, beneath 

 the shadow of Ben Lawers, or upon some wilder and more remote 

 northern water, he can never lack for pleasant days and matchless 

 scenery : and, perchance, some fine breezy summer's day he shall 

 find this goodly fish eager and in the humour, and his measure of 

 happiness will be temporarily complete. 



