The late Mr.Drinkwater Meadows used to tell of his experiences with a company that travelled through Warwickshire, and their treasury being empty, depended for their subsistence upon their piscatorial skill.

They lived for some time, indeed, upon the trout streams of the county.

They plied rod and line, and learned their parts at the same time.

"We could fish and study, study and fish," said the actor.

"I made myself perfect in Bob Acres while fishing in the Avon, and committed the words to my memory quite as fast as I committed the fish to my basket." The straits and necessities of the strollers have long been a source of entertainment to the public.