TREATISE ON FLY-FISHING. 11 



path will be abundantly strewed. He will find 

 opportunities for acquiring an insight into the 

 natural history of the finny tribe ; into the 

 natural history of the busy fly, or beauteous 

 moth, that tempt the wily fish. The lichen and 

 the moss the thousand plants that line the rivers 

 bank, or the stately trees and shapeless rocks that 

 shade its waters ; all, are subjects, which the 

 more he contemplates, the more he will wonder 

 and admire. And, when by practice, he finds 

 himself an adept in the art, and looks with 

 pleasure on his captured prey ; it may suggest 

 the fate of those, who attracted by the glittering 

 tinsel and allured by the gaudy show, follow these 

 dangerous snares arid fall a sacrifice to the pomps 

 and vanities of life. 



The expert fisherman must be temperate in all 

 things : the steady hand and quick eye are indis- 

 pensable ; the drunkard must quit our ranks, 

 the feverish temperament, the blood-shot eye, 

 the giddy head, bespeak the peril of the man not 



