EARLY ANGLING LESSONS 



HTHE country boy and the lad of the 

 *" small village, while lacking some 

 of the advantages of the youth living 

 in the city, should realize that the op- 

 portunities for out-door recreation in 

 field and forest, and the lake and 

 stream, are priceless in bringing 

 health and vigor ; delightful in giving 

 sport unattainable to the juvenile of 

 a large city if he would go beyond 

 the local parks except through 

 considerable expense of time and 

 money. The country lad of the pres- 

 ent time is not obliged, as a rule, to 

 resort to the primitive tackle, the oft- 

 mentioneS bent pin, thread line, and 

 alder pole of other days. Fishing 

 tackle of simple yet serviceable form 

 may be purchased at such small ex- 

 pense that the boy who .takes his first 

 lessons of the running brook, and the 

 school of fishes, need not lack an 

 outfit of modern make. 



Probably, on the smaller farms, 

 there are many of the hardy little lads 



