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'Neath spreading oak I rest awhile, 

 From mid-day's heat severe, 

 Then try with sniggle for an Eel, 

 In the Summer of the year. 

 To angle, &c. 



3. 



To angle I fancy, fancy, fancy, 

 To angle I fancy in the Autumn of the year, 

 For a Perch each morn I take my stand, 

 By eddy, bridge, or weir, 

 And envy no man's happiness, 

 In the Autumn of the year. 

 To angle, &c. 



4. 



To angle I fancy, fancy, fancy, 



To angle I fancy in Winter of the year, 



In trolling jovially I roam, 



Though cheerless scenes appear, 

 Content and health both warm my heart, 



In the Winter of the year. 

 To angle, &c. 



I have before said that what may be unfavourable to- 

 day, may to-morrow be otherwise, but I do not mean to 

 say the Angler should dispense with the use of his eyes 

 and hearing, but, taking every opportunity to enquire 

 about the state of the water, and observing the weather, 

 form his judgment accordingly. 



