16 TREATISE ON FLY-FISHING. 



Dr. Paley, was ardently attached to this amuse- 

 ment, so much so, that when the Bishop of 

 Durham enquired of him, when one of his most 

 important works would be finished ; he said, with 

 great simplicity and good humour, " My Lord, 1 

 shall work steadily at it when the fly-fishing 

 season is over ;" as if this were a business of his 

 life. 



To the list of eminent characters who have 

 been lovers of angling, may be added the name of 

 Robert Burns. 



Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd, may be noticed as 

 an expert angler. 



Professor Wilson, is one of the best fly-fishers 

 that ever threw a fly. 



Wordsworth, is an angler, and in many of his 

 poems may be traced images which have reference 

 to, or have been suggested by this delightful art. 



Emerson, the mathematician, was a fly-fisher. 



Dr. Birch, formerly Secretary to the Royal 

 Society, was a lover of angling ; and Dr. Wollas- 

 ton and Sir Humphrey Davy, are instances of 



