^2 MANUAL OF MODERN FARRIERY. 



and they that spread their nets upon the waters shall lan- 

 guish.'*' The learned Bishop Lowth has translated that passage 

 thus : — 



" And the fishers shall mourn and lament; 

 And those that east the hook Ih the river, 

 And those that spread nets on the face of the waters shall languish. ' 



Besides the above, in Habakkuk, chap. i. ver. 1 5, the follow- 

 ing passage appears : — " They take up all of them with the 

 angle ; they catch them in their net, and gather them in 

 their drag, therefore they rejoice and are glad.'' Some go 

 still further back with the commencement of this sport ; but 

 this is merely traditionary. "We know, however, from au- 

 thentic sources, that for many ages this has been a pastime 

 and relaxation to many very great and learned men ; and 

 these have been extolled for their dexterity in the art of 

 angling, as well as for the excellence of their tackle ; but, 

 however well merited this praise may have been, we are per- 

 fectly certain, that at no time of the world, nor in any 

 country, was the fishing apparatus manufactured by Mr. 

 John Cheek, at the sign of the Golden Perch, 132, Oxford- 

 street, London, surpassed, if it ever was equalled. There 

 the angler will find fishing-rods of the most symmetrical 

 proportions and elasticity, suited to the various kinds of 

 angling ; and artificial flies, and other baits, admirably 

 adapted for every season, fish, and stream in Great Britain 

 and Ireland : and I speak from long experince. 



THE WEATHER AND TIMES PROPER FOR ANGLING. 



Upon the condition of the atmosphere, and the general 

 state of the weather, depends the success of fishing or angling. 

 Besides the barometer, there are many natural prognostics 

 which will, to a great extent, guide the angler as to the 

 proper and improper times for this pursuit. Little success 



