GRAVE OF WALTON. 9? 



Walton's death took place in the house of his 

 son-in-law, Dr. Hawkins, at Winchester, in the 

 ninetieth year of his age. He was buried in Win- 

 chester Cathedral, in the south aisle, called Prior 

 Silkstead's Chapel. A large black marble slab is 

 placed over his remains, and, to use the poetical 

 language of the amiable Mr. Bowles, " the morn- 

 ing sunshine falls directly on it, reminding the 

 contemplative man of the mornings, when he was 

 for so many years up and abroad, with his angle 

 on the banks of his favourite stream/' We went 

 some distance out of our way, in pure love and 

 admiration of Walton's memory, to pay a visit to 

 his grave, and were grieved to see that the slab, 

 which covers the remains of " our good father," 

 was constantly trodden upon by unhallowed 

 feet. They were not those of anglers. We left 

 a small sum of money in the hands of the verger, 

 with a request that he would do his best to pre- 

 vent such profanation in future. 



May all worthy anglers, and especially my kind 

 friends of the Walton Club, endeavour to follow 

 the example of the good Piscator. Whether ply- 

 ing their rods on the banks of a stream, or pur- 

 suing their ordinary avocations, they will find, as 

 he did, " the sweet contentment," the calm delight, 

 of living a virtuous and religious life. 



