io8 ANGLING REMINISCENCES. 



The aggressions of men of influence in the north are 

 becoming every day bolder the attitudes assumed by 

 them more and more insolent. They distort the ear 

 of justice, trample upon the prerogatives of the people, 

 delete the most sacred charters, and encircle with 

 a palisado of obnoxious enactments their ill-gotten 

 acquisitions. 



Wandle. This is a sad picture of things, Mr. Leister, 

 and bids fair, Herl-broke, to knock our projected 

 excursion on the head. 



Leister. Nay, gentlemen, I have no such design, and 

 would only depress a trifle your preconceived notions 

 of Highland liberality. You may find, however, this 

 praise-besplattered virtue better exemplified by ex- 

 periencing the proofs on't. By all means trip it north- 

 wards you will not want amusement, and, if sketchers 

 as well as anglers, may occasionally drop in among 

 enviable masses of scenery, choice groupings of tree, 

 hill, and water, well worthy of your attention. Among 

 our club papers, by-the-bye, we have several communi- 

 cations from different members of our fraternity regard- 

 ing various waters in the districts of Scotland you 

 intend visiting. You are welcome, should you desire 

 it, to a perusal of these, and I have no doubt they will 

 afford you some minute information with respect to the 

 angling qualifications of such lochs and rivers as you 

 are likely to fall in with during your tour. 



Wandle. You greatly oblige us, Mr. Leister, and I, 

 for my part, shall certainly take advantage of your 



