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A FEW HINTS ON ANGLING, FOR THOSE 

 WHO MAY NOT LIKE TO TRY THE RULES 

 IN THE PREVIOUS PAGES. 



" Encore un peu d' attention, 

 Et vous allez savoir 



tF tF ^ ^ ^ 



Mais pretez bien I'oreille, a ce que je vais dire." 



MOLIERE. 



1. 



Ever be found fishing at dusk; the darker 

 the tinge of dusk, the better. You will most 

 likely kill some fish ; and should you not arrive 

 at that desideratum, your line will amply com- 

 pensate you for the disappointment. It cannot 

 fail to make you merry ; for it will assume as 

 many intricate twistings and contortions, in 

 ten minutes, as the face of Liston, in his 

 broadest farce, during an hour and a half. 

 Just fancy an hour and a half's risibility com- 



