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CHAPTER XXVI. 



liYE-BAY JIEMINI8CENCE8. 



Angling perhaps of all sports is up to the present time 

 the least affected by innovations brought about by law, 

 the requirements of fashion, and the exigencies of com- 

 petition ; and inasmuch as fish cannot be " walked up " 

 or '^driven/' those in pursuit of them employ pretty 

 much the same means to effect their capture as "were 

 used in days gone by. It is most fortunate that the 

 angler cannot scare his game into the jaws of death 

 by methods similar to those practised in these days by 

 the shooter, or otherwise, as if that were possible we 

 should no doubt read with complacency of slaughter 

 parties being organized by persons as totally deficient 

 in any sporting instinct as those whom they might 

 invite to assist. 



A man may be able to kill a fish now and again, or 

 be able to hit birds, or be a good rider to hounds, but 

 he may not be a " sportsman " for all that, as, in order 

 to merit the title, he must be able, in the first instance, 

 to find his game, which involves a thorough knowledge 



