196 SOME WRITERS ON THE GENTLE CRAFT 



and though he may have to look on and long at the 

 pools of the Tweed, and omit the best of the Glen or 

 the Coquet from his pilgrimage, he will, notwith- 

 standing, find angling excitements enough ; and he has 

 always the glorious landscapes to fall back upon. For 

 we have written to little purpose if we have not shown 

 that angling may be nearly as often your pretext as 

 your object ; and keenly as he may appreciate the 

 triumphs of his sport, the true fisherman can make 

 himself tolerably happy even when fortune has proved 

 persistently unpropitious. 



