LETTER NO. II 



MY FIRST ANGLIN<5 EXPERIENCES ATTRACTIONS 

 OF THE DALE REYNARD'S CAVE 



"I love the woods, the pleasant woods in spring, 

 In autumn when all round the tempests ring, 

 But most in summer, then love I green bowers, 

 And shaded mossy banks, inlaid with flowers." 1 



IATURDAY, July 2 6th, the first 



of my angling experiences, was 

 the wettest I have known for 

 many a day. I have already told 

 you how I fared on that, to me, very memor- 

 able occasion. It rained steadily from 8 a.m. 

 on Saturday till n a.m. on Sunday without 

 intermission. 



The Dale, you know, is a centre of attraction 



1 I am quite sure that this is not a correct quotation, 

 but it is the best my treacherous memory will help 

 me to. 



