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instance of tact and of fisherman's kindness was 

 his way of making that timely gift. In the 

 angling world he was " Quartus a brother." 

 May he have many rises every time he goes 

 a-fishing, and may none of them be short. 



It was good, on one fishing trip, to hear a 

 member of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange 

 eulogise anglers as a race. About most kinds of 

 men he had shrewd comments to make, but of 

 anglers as a whole he had nothing but good to 

 say, and he was a fisherman of wide experience. 



Is one tempted to claim too much excellence 

 for brothers of the angle ? Yet they have special 

 reasons for being excellent. That open-air life 

 which is so good for the body is surely no less 

 good for the soul. Fresh air and sunshine 

 about the best medicine in the world where 

 can you get a better tonic ? The gay meadows, 

 the rippling river, the rising trout, now and 

 again " a shining reward of patience," all these 

 help to gladden the heart and fill it with loving 

 kindness. 



" Halcyon daies by murm'ring streams." 



we stay among these things the more is snatched 

 from inevitable time." Happy fishing, an antidote 

 to depression, helps one to realize that one's 

 future does not lie behind one. " When the air 

 and water taste sweet to you, how much else 



