The industrious fisherman is alert and on duty about 



the rising of the sun. It is all in^portant to be soon on 



the ground, as fish are known to be more voracious, and 



in active quest of food at early dawn after a night of rest. 



hompson sagely advises the angler, 



"When with his lively ray the potent Sun 



Has pierc'd the streams, and rous'd the tinny race, 



Then issuing cheerful to thy sport repair." 



Attention to the admonition of the rural Poet, enables 

 him to return by noon, (the prescribed period of rendez- 

 vous) to the Castle, with the pride of industry and success, 

 from the piscatory sport: 



" When the sun 



Shakes from his noon-day throne the scattering clouds, 



E'en shooting listless langour thro' the deeps." 



In olden times it was not unusual, as we are well as- 

 sured, for some adepts at the sport, to proceed the eve- 

 ning before the stated day, to the establishment, to enjoy 

 a Soldiers birth under a tent without, or a poor Travel- 

 lers, on a soft plank within. 



An expert fishermen will frequently take from^^i'eto 

 twenty dozen fish, chiefly the delicious white perch, and 

 sometimes the aggregate number brought in, amounted be- 

 fore removal of the Castle tojifty, eighty, or one hundred 



