CHAP. IV.] 



ANGLING LOCALITIES. 



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Britain, Ireland, and Wales of ours, where we can find fish 

 there are splendid trout even in the Thames. Then there are 

 the Dove and the Severn, as well as rivers that are much 

 farther away, so that on his second day from London an active 

 angler may be whipping the Spey for salmon, or trolling on 

 Loch Awe for the larce trout that inhabit that sheet of water. 



ANGLERS FISHES. 

 1. Great lake trout (Salmo ferox). 2. Salmofario. 3. Trout. 



The change of scene is of itself a delight, no matter what river 

 the visitor may choose. At the same time the physical exer- 

 tion undergone by the angler flushes his cheek with the hue 

 of health, and imparts to his frame a strength and elasticity 

 known only to such as are familiar with country scenes and 

 pure air. May and the Mayfly are held to inaugurate the 

 angler's year ; for although a few of the keenest sportsmen 

 keep on angling all the year round, most of them lay down 

 their rod about the end of October, and do not think of again 



