104 DOVE DALE REVISITED 



day the summer through. . . . Oh, that we were 

 young again ! "- -THORNE'S Rambles 'by Rivers. 



When I was last here it was in the bright 

 summer time ; the place was alive with visitors 

 coming and going just as described above, 

 fifty years ago and more ; now the holiday 

 season is almost over, and it has the more 

 business-like look of an anglers' resort. There 

 are still lingering here some tourists who stay 

 on account of the salubrity of the climate and 

 the beauty of the surroundings. Here are 

 six or seven anglers, enthusiasts who ply the 

 long-suffering Dove and Manifold with admir- 

 able care and patience, and with varying success. 

 The learned professions are fairly represented 

 just now by a barrister (whom, if I should have 

 occasion to mention again, I shall designate as 

 the " Master," on account of his great experi- 

 ence and his exquisite skill), a parson, a doctor, 

 a major (a real one, not " Piscator Major "), a 

 poet, and the humble amateur who pens these 

 lines. 



It would be easy, but it would not be inter- 

 esting, to become sentimental on the changes 

 in our own personalities which have taken place 



