g the days to the full with useful occupation, which, of
course, gave a zest to his actual fishing when he took it. Within a
fortnight of his death he was to take up his quarters at Dunbridge for
the season; all arrangements were made, and Coxon, the faithful keeper,
was ready to point out what had been done during the winter. And Coxon
was one of the mourners at the Saturday's funeral in the Jewish
Cemetery at Willesden.

It will be of interest and useful here to announce that Mr. Ernest
Halford, after long consideration of what his father's wish would be,
decided to maintain the fishery in all respects as it had been
maintained since the beginning of the tenancy. Mr. Halford was
immensely popular in the Mottisfont district, and I may mention that
they had given a great ovation to his son and grandson on occasions
when they attended or presided at the annual dinners to the tenants and
workpeople on the fishery. That grandson, Halford always believed,
would by and by develop the family fishing traditions. The young
gentleman was meanwhile at Clifton College, and had already killed his
brace of rainbow trout, which his father had preserved for the
collection in the gallery at Pembridge Place; and these, at my last
visit to him at home, F. M. H. showed me, beaming with pride. His
pride also took the form of setting the head of the firm of Hardy
Brothers to the making of a special rod to fit the young Cliftonian's
hand.

To the advantage of ample means should be added in happy sequence that
Halford had, on the whole, robust health to enjoy his fishing. His
regular habits of living, and common sense in food and matters of
hygiene kept him in excellent condition. Early rising and early
bed-going were his rule at home and abroad. Truly, he was in these
matters captain of both soul and body. Then his good fortune shone in
his happy home life. After the death of Mrs. Halford a few years ago,
it was feared the effect upon her husband would be abiding cause for
anxiety. As time went on, however, a new era dawned; the son had
married a lady who was, from the first, "puppetty's" best chum; bonnie
grandchildren arrived to make much of "puppetty," a charming house was
taken for the united home, and there was sunshine again. It was sweet
to see the contented grandfather in the midst of it and witness the
devotion of the young people to him.

Amongst anglers in the English-speaking world Halford has been long
known as