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Mr. Taylor's further remarks are so manifestly 

 copied, or rather garbled from the extract we 

 have already given from the Angler's Museum, 

 that we shall dispense with quoting them. 



Mr. Jesse, in " His Rambles/' who under- 

 stands trolling for pike well, but who is not 

 certainly a skilful fly-fisher, says, " I am 

 not about to make any comparison between 

 the pleasure of trolling and that of fly-fish- 

 ing. They may both be enjoyed in their 

 several ways, and trolling may be had when 

 fly-fishing cannot. I always consider the 

 mere art of fishing, as a secondary considera- 

 tion. I connect with it the enjoyment of the 

 country, the song of birds, the beauty of the 

 day, the refreshment of mind, and the calm- 

 ness of thought which these bring with them. 

 ' If,' as an old writer remarks, c an angler is 

 weary, his sport refreshes him ; if melancholy, 

 it cheers him ; if in pain, it eases him.' This 

 is the prosperity of the fisher. Patience and 

 hope are the two chiefest pillars that support 

 him. Cowper appears to have had this feel- 

 ing, when he remarked, 



' O ! friendly to the best pursuits of man, 

 Friendly to thought, to virtue, and to peace, 

 Domestic life in rural pleasure past, 

 Few know the value, and few taste the peace.' 



