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our eyes is unpleasing ; and when he is behind 

 us, we are enabled to fish in the shade pro- 

 jected by our own persons over the water — and 

 what angler can deny that a shaded place is 

 \eiy Jishi/ ? 



13. 



The practice of winding a wet casting-line 

 round your hat is highly commendable ; for, in 

 the process of drying, the sun will cover the 

 gut with a number of bright specks, which 

 sparkle very attractively ; and as Trout love a 

 little glitter, you will thus be enabled to pre- 

 sent them with a tolerably good dose of it. 

 The flies, with which the hat should be always 

 ornamented, denote your pursuit ; like the 

 cockle shells, similarly worn by the Pilgrim 

 from Holy Land in days gone by. 



14. 



The sagacity of the dog is too well known to 

 need any encomiums from me. I may, how- 



