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question, and the most important part of 

 his clothing is his boots. These must 

 be well studded with nails, to prevent 

 slipping on the rugged rocks and pol- 

 ished stones of the river-bed, and if they 

 are thick in the sole, so much the less 

 foot-weary is the wearer likely to be. 

 The companionable flask is carefully 

 stowed away in one of the pockets of a 

 well-worn tweed jacket, and, although 

 the angler does not, as a rule, " make a 

 gawd of his stomick," a place is found 

 for the necessary lunch. If a basket is 

 carried, it is of the smallest make, and 

 even then it is often more of an encum- 

 brance than a necessity, when fishing 

 the rugged, overgrown streams of the 

 mountain-sides. The trout are small 

 in such places, and if a capacious pocket 

 is filled on a hot June day, or even on 

 a more favourable occasion, the most 

 fastidious angler is satisfied. 



All that is beautiful, all that is hopeful, 



