110 FLY-FISHING FOR TROUT 



168. fishing is an Art. In an earlier conversation Venator 

 had said that, if angling was an art, ' doubtless it was an 

 easy one.' 



218. a draught of red-cow's milk. The milk of a brown (red) 

 cow was formerly regarded as a sovereign specific for con- 

 sumption. 



221. your motion. Your proposal. 



EXERCISES 



1. Describe an Angling Excursion. 



2. What have other writers said for or against angling as 

 a sport ? [Thomson, Byron, &c.] 



3. How do Walton's directions for angling differ from ours ? 

 Write out a list of twelve directions in which we agree 

 with him. 



4. What advantages (if any) has angling over any other 

 sport involving the destruction of animal life ? 



SHAKESPEARE'S DESCRIPTION OF A HORSE 



LOOK when a painter would surpass the life 

 In limning out a well-proportioned steed, 



His art with nature's workmanship at strife, 

 As if the dead the living should exceed: 



So did this horse excel a common one 



In shape, in courage, colour, pace, and bone. 



Round-hoofed, short-jointed, fetlocks shag and long, 

 Broad breast, full eye, small head, and nostrils wide, 



High crest, short ears, legs straight and passing strong, 

 Thin mane, thick tail, broad buttock, tender hide : 



Look, what a horse should have he did not lack, 



Save a proud rider on so proud a back. 



