94 ANGLERS' EVENINGS. 



facturing city, and well-known for his urbanity and good 

 fellowship. He may be seen wending his way to a 

 certain railway terminus with grave aspect and trim 

 attire ; but, once here, away goes the cleric ! and out comes 

 the angler. And that other well-built, cheery English- 

 man, who had the fight with the big fish which you 

 helped to land, — know you not who he his .'' One who de- 

 servedly stands high in the esteem of his profession, and 

 well-known amongst our city's best men; in all probability 

 he has this morning ministered to both mind and body's 

 ailments. Heavy be his creel and light his heart ! And 

 those other two, surely they are from the big city } Right 

 again — one from Imperial cares relieved, the other from 

 moving a world by his pen. " The best of all good 

 company " meet here ; divines, statesmen, philosophers, 

 the professional man, and the honest tradesman. 



Thus, having refreshed yourself with an angler's lunch, 

 you make another start with wrist in good trim, and the 

 determination that no more misses shall be yours. Now, 

 also, the fish are settling down steadily to their work, 

 and so you angle on and on, over pools and deeper 

 rapids than before, by rushing currents beneath over- 

 hanging banks, again and again adding to your 

 pannier and losing also many a prize. Angling under 

 the bridge at Haddon, perhaps bright eyes maybe watch- 

 ing your movements, and merry criticisms, in which 

 even the jackdaws will seem to participate, may be freely 

 bestowed. Of course you will lean your rod against the 

 yew-tree hedge, and rest a moment at the old cottage 

 under the ivy-covered porch, where a last rose may be still 



