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The weakest goes to the wall. 



Chapt. VI. 



"The brave old rule, the simple plan, 

 "That they should take who have the power, 

 "And they should keep who can.'' 



And when that fish has been taken, and his place is va- 

 cant, the next strongest takes it. This is markedly the 

 case with trout in English streams, the proportions of 

 which do not vary much from month to month, and is in 

 my opinion, more or less the case with Mahseer too, though 

 to a less degree, because the rapidly varying size of a 

 stream, will in a month or two make a favorite station 

 an indifferent one. But a proper fisherman will readily 

 recognize the most comfortable looking quarters for a 

 . good fish. The power of making a correct diagnosis will 

 be acquired by practice, though there is a spice of "nas- 

 citur nonfif 1 about it too. 



A gentle angler. 



