22 CHATS ON ANGLING. 



Where Sunday fishing is not permitted, the day of rest always seems 

 to be the best angling day of the week, and you are tempted to be annoyed 

 and objurgate Dame Fortune. Even then, if you are a wise man, you can 

 turn such a day to your advantage by stalking up the water as carefully 

 as if you were fishing, and by making mental notes that will very 

 materially assist you on the following day. And if Sunday fishing is 

 allowed, do not give umbrage to many of the parishioners going to church 

 by making a parade of your waders and fishing rod. Either get to your 

 water before church time or else wait till the church bells are over before 

 you walk along the village street. Busy City men get scant leisure for 

 sport, and may fairly be excused for utilising their week-end holiday to the 

 full. Much latitude may be allowed to them in this respect, provided they 

 are careful not to outrage the religious feelings of others. A walk along 

 the river bank, enjoying and drinking in to the full the beauties of Nature 

 and of God's creation, may be as productive of good to yourself as an 

 indifferent sermon. It depends upon your temperament and the power 

 that the beauties of Nature have over your mind. They can preach as 

 eloquent a sermon as was ever delivered from the pulpit, and may produce 

 in you a frame of mind that may be of real and lasting benefit to you. No 

 man should be judged hastily by narrow-minded bigots, or be termed 

 a Sabbath-breaker for so acting. 



