150 DOVE DALE REVISITED 



with a lovely grayling, weight i Ib. 3 oz., which 

 he was good enough to present to me, and it 

 was immediately despatched to Mr. Editor. 



On Saturday, October nth, I was obliged 

 reluctantly to say farewell to " The Izaak 

 Walton " and Dove Dale. I conclude this 

 sketch by a brief retrospect of my visit. I 

 had been there for about ten" days. My fore- 

 boding about the weather was amply justified. 

 It was bad for angling, bad for cycling, bad 

 for touring; but in spite of it all I had during 

 my visit revived so many pleasant associations 

 with the past and found so much enjoyment 

 in the present, I had been treated with so 

 much kindness and attention by mine host 

 and hostess and by all with whom I had been 

 brought in contact, that I must always regard 

 this visit as one which will dwell in my memory 

 as a very agreeable episode in my life. 



It should be borne in mind that this, like all 

 my other sketches, is but the record of a few 

 brief holidays snatched from the anxieties and 

 worries incident to all who are involved 



" In the hodge-podge of business and money, and care, 

 And care, and money, and trouble." 



The Angler's Song. 



