146 LITERA TURE OF SEA AND RIVER FISHING. 



Dryden, Bacon, George Herbert, Sir Isaac Newton, Pepys, 

 Dean Swift, Hollingshed, Sheridan, Sir Aubrey Carlisle, 

 Archdeacon Paley, Sir Walter Scott, Hogg the Ettrick 

 Shepherd, and the first Lord Lytton, who in more than 

 one passage in his " Eugene Aram " pictures fly-fishing. 

 Among more modern literati is Mr. Matthew Arnold ; 

 and many others who handle the " bending reed " as well 

 as the pen most masterfully. 



We will conclude this chapter with the soft cadence of 

 the final stanza of J. D., the " Laureate of the Angling 

 Craft " :— 



" And now we are ariued at the last, 

 In wished harbour where we mean to rest ; 

 And make an end of this our journey past. 

 Here in the quiet roade I think it best 

 We strike our sails and stedfast Anchor cast, 

 For now the Sunne low setteth in the West." 



