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the table, and making a discovery in Natural 

 History, at the same time. Sir Joseph Banks, 

 who was always a great amateur of angling, 

 had often this kind of gratification. And to 

 Captain Franklin and Dr. Richardson, in 

 their expedition to the Arctic Ocean, when 

 they were almost starving, what a delightful 

 circumstance it must have been, to have taken 

 with a fly those large grayling, which they 

 mention, of a new species, equally beautiful in 

 their appearance, and good for the table ! 



Hal. — When a boy, I have felt an inter- 

 est in sea fishing, for this reason — that there 

 was a variety offish; but the want of skill in 

 the amusement — sinking a bait with a lead 

 and pulling up a fish by main force, soon 

 made me tired of it. Since I have been a 

 fly-fisher, I have rarely fished in the sea, and 

 then only with a reel and fine tackle from 

 the rocks, which is at least as interesting an 

 amusement as that of the Cockney fishermen, 

 who fish for roach and dace in the Thames, 

 which I have tried twice in my life, but shall 

 never try again. 



Phys. — You are severe on Cockney fisher- 



