26 " Treaty sc" as an Angling Idyl. 



Red Hackle," she would have proved her 

 title to an honoured place among the 

 great army of angling writers. 



But I must reluctantly leave this practical 

 portion of The Treaty se of Fysshynge with 

 just one more reference to the illustrations 

 which have, as previously mentioned, been 

 so often ridiculed. If they are considered 

 as they should be, in connection with the 

 instructions given as to the making of 

 the various things they represent, they will 

 receive anything but ridicule from a 

 practical angler. Take the illustrations of 

 hooks in different sizes ; they are rough 

 diagrams certainly, but admirable in shape, 

 being far better adapted for both hooking 

 and holding than some of our modern 

 hooks. 



THE "TREATYSE" AS AN ANGLING IDYL. 



It is impossible for an angler who loves 

 fishing as much, or perhaps more, for its 

 delightful and inseparable connection with 

 all that is sweetest in country life and 

 natural scenery, than for itself, to read 

 Dame Juliana's eloquent prologue in praise 

 of angling without experiencing a feeling 

 of love and veneration for this fair saint of 

 the angler's calendar. Who shall say how 

 much her simple words in praise of " good 



