WITH A NINE-FOOT ROD 

 IN WALES 



O suggest a day's ang- 

 ling on an overgrown, 

 boisterous mountain- 

 stream, even on one of 

 April's choicest days, 



wo uld,perhaps,beconsideredlittle short 

 of folly by many who have never experi- 

 enced the delights nor learned the art of 

 handling a delicate nine-foot rod weigh- 

 ing a few ounces. But I have at least sa- 

 tisfied my own feelings upon the matter, 

 and would rather spend a day in taking 



