z8 LINES IN PLEASANT PLACES 



season. They yield little of the kind of sport that 

 gives the exercise which I have made my theme as 

 an excuse for, and recommendation of, angling. But 

 the humbler practices of angling with modest tackle 

 and homely baits take thousands of working people 

 into the country, and if sitting on a box or basket, 

 or in the Windsor chair of a punt on Thames or Lea 

 does not involve physical exertion of a positive kind, 

 it means fresh air, rural sights and sounds, and the 

 tranquil rest which after all is the best holiday for the 

 day-by-day toiler. 



