OR WALTONIAN CHRONICLE. 3 



harm, for owing to the march of intellect the car- 

 riers are not what they were in Henry IV's time.* 



Some have their own conveyance, and to their 

 credit be it said, they are always ready to give a tired 

 Angler a cast home, although his jacket may be a 

 little more threadbare, and his rod not so highly var- 

 nished. The London Angler does not require a 

 servant to carry his fish and landing net, or to wade 

 the water to land a fish, but trusts to his own dex- 

 terity for his success, that when he has taken a good 

 fish he may enjoy all the glory. 



Some may condemn the practice of fishing on a 

 Sunday, but it is the only day many Anglers can 

 spare to cleanse their lungs from the infectious 

 air they have breathed in confinement during six days, 

 and without which purification, (I can speak confi- 

 dently as to myself,) would carry on a miserable and 

 painful existence. 



Bishop Hurley has declared there is no harm in 

 pursuing innocent sport and pastime on a Sunday, and 

 does not the pleasure of contemplating the broad book 

 of nature create reflection scarcely inferior to those 

 produced by the sacred volume, whose precepts are 

 so much abused. 



Those who have, through interest, access to pre- 

 served spots, though comparatively ignorant of the 

 art, may take fish in these preserves, but let them try 

 in open waters where skill alone will avail, then, in 

 competition with the London Angler, they will have 



* See Shakspeare's Henry IV. part lit. 



