5 4 Michael A ngelo. 



ling, by J. D.," which deserves far more 

 notice than can be given to it in this little 

 volume, I should like to direct the reader's 

 attention to a few extracts from Blakey's 

 Angling Literature, an extremely interest- 

 ing book, now out of print, but not difficult 

 to obtain through the second-hand book- 

 sellers. We know that some of our 

 greatest living painters, including Sir John 

 Millais, Mr. John Pettie, R.A.,* and Mr. 

 Orchardson, R.A., are enthusiastic anglers, 

 and I was delighted to find that 



MICHAEL ANGELO WAS AN ANGLER : 



that is to say, if the following extract from 

 Blakey's book is correct. The Italian 

 author was evidently a true Waltonian. 

 I mean that, like Dr. Prime, he found far 

 more in fishing than mere fishing : 



"In 1712 we find another Italian publi- 

 cation, of about two hundred and fifty 

 pages, entitled La Canna de Pescare, in 

 which there are some interesting descrip- 

 tions of angling excursions on some of the 

 higher sections of the river Arno and its 

 smaller tributaries. 'I have travelled 

 much/ says the author, ' with the rod, in 

 certain seasons of the year, by the banks 

 of the chief fishing localities of Italy, and 



* Died since these lines were written. 



