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A FEW REMARKS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE TO THE 

 ANGLER. 



To preserve your health should be the first considera- 

 tion : to benefit by exercise and fresh air, the Angler is in- 

 duced to ramble with his rod and line by the pure stream. 



A brave day's sport now and then gives a zest to 

 Angling ; but could you to a certainty bring home a 

 basket of fish every time you went out, your fondness for 

 the sport would cloy, and it would become tiresome, in- 

 stead of amusing : it is not so with the freshness that 

 prevails every where it-is ever renovating and acceptable. 



With regard to wind, the south is most certainly the 

 best, but after it has blown from any point a day or so, 

 the fish will feed. 



It is impossible at all times to avoid being wet, but at 

 all times you can avoid being cold : all the mishaps 

 which have come to my knowledge have arisen from im- 

 prudence, either in sitting with wet feet or clothes, or 

 in a draught, while in a state of perspiration, or by 

 drinking cold water while in that state. Therefore, take 

 this advice, when you unavoidably get wet: keep your 

 body warm by exercise ; never, as you love the sport, 

 sit in wet clothes or shoes ; again, when you are in a 

 perspiration, take a small glass of brandy, that is best, 

 or gin or rum; the cooling effects of these have long 

 been acknowledged. 



Never get on a coach while in a state of perspiration, 

 this is very bad ; rather walk all night, if you are too 

 late for the coach, especially in cool weather ; if you 

 get inside its all very well. 



Many invite cold and illness, by giving way to a low- 

 ness of spirits at rain, or gloomy weather, cold, &c. ; 



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