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voluntarily recall pleasant days spent by some 

 Highland stream. The river ripples by the 

 roadside, the trout ai*e " on the feed " ; but flies 

 and fishing-rod are safe at home, and the 

 alpenstock alone is at hand. 



But if angling is a fascinating pastime to 

 numbers of thoughtful minds among the famil- 

 iar scenes of an English landscape, it is quite 

 as attractive when practised amid the scenery 

 of a country new to the beholder. The angler 

 finds many features in the landscape, charming 

 perhaps in their minuteness, which the through- 

 going traveller, who rushes quickly from place 

 to place, can never enjoy. Nor are the oppor- 

 tunities of mixing with the various country- 

 folks to be lightly prized; for the increasing- 

 number of large hotels, the numerous railways, 

 and improved systems of travelling, not to 

 speak of the numbers of actual travellers, ren- 

 der a leisurely acquaintance with the natives 

 more and more difficult. And it must always 

 be a pleasure to look back to the quaint, 

 honest, and kindly folk with whom the tra- 

 veller would never have come in contact had 

 he left his rod and tackle at home. 



One of the great drawbacks to modern travel 



