[chambers] the philology OF THE OUANANICHE 139 



almost as iav removed from the original name as winninish is from 

 ouananichc. 



The revered author of T/te Complete Angler claims our admiration 

 and respect by the purity of his language no less than by his intimacy 

 with tish and fishing ; and from the retining influences of the gentle 

 art and even from the retinement of nature that inspires the love of it. I 

 am persuaded that one has only to point out to the angling community 

 and to those Mdio contribute to its literature, the claims of the original 

 name — oua/umiche, — to ensure, at the hands of so cultured a constituency, 

 a due recognition of what I)r. Henshall so admirably terms, in discussing 

 a cognate subject, — • the inflexible law of priority." 



