242 A PARTING WISH. 



the shape of food, as delicately palatable as it is 

 highly nutritious, and which elements require 

 less care and labour to render their cultivation 

 more profitable than that of any portion of waste 

 land in the empire. 



No, this volume must not be concluded with a 

 utilitarian sentence. Our first sporting love — 

 fly-fishing — must not be forgotten. On n'ouhlle 

 jamais ce qui! on a une fois aime. For what I loved 

 once and love still, the delightfully animating 

 practice of salmon-fishing, let me ofler up a 

 parting wish — that no one may find in my treat- 

 ment of the art in the first portion of this little 

 tome any thing that does not smack, slightly at 

 least, of amusement and instruction ! 



THE END. 



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