secoxd day.] EVENING FISHING. 43 



HAL. — Do not despair. There was — alas ! that I 

 must say there was — an illustrious philosopher, who 

 was nearly of the age of fifty before he made angling 

 a pursuit, yet he became a distinguished fry-fisher, 

 and the amusement occupied many of his leisure 

 hours during the last twelve years of his life. He, 

 indeed, applied Iris pre-eminent acuteness, his science, 

 and his philosophy to aid the resources, and exalt the 

 pleasures of this amusement. I remember to have 

 seen Dr. Wollaston, a few days after he had become 

 a fly-fisher, carrying at his button-hole a piece of 

 caoutchouc, or Indian rubber, when, by passing Iris 

 silkworm link through a fissure in the middle, he 

 rendered it straight and fit for immediate use. Many 

 other anglers will remember other ingenious devices 

 of my admirable and ever-to-be lamented friend. 



(TJiey go to dinner.) 



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{They return from the house.) 



EVENING. 



HAL. — You have, I am sure, gentlemen, dined 

 well ; no one ever dined otherwise in this house. It 

 is a beautiful calm evening, and many fish might be 

 caught where we fished in the morning ; but I will 

 take you to another part of the river ; you shall each 



