CHAPTEE XXI. 



SOME ASPECTS OF TROUT FISHING. 



ALTHOUGH angling in its several branches may not 

 be of general interest, neither, it can be said, is 

 hunting or s, hooting or any other sport, but it is at 

 the present time the most popular of all, and is 

 followed with very great delight, especially when 

 allied to skill, by a vast multitude of enthusiasts, 

 and in recent years by a growing number of the fair 

 sex. It is also a health-giving exercise, and a 

 diversion from the stress and some of the worries 

 of the battle of life ; it is an enduring pleasure of 

 which its votaries, from adolescence to old age, 

 never tire. Moreover, it is comparatively free from 

 danger to life or limb. It has a certain attraction 

 for many readers of the sporting press, who, 

 perhaps not caring for fishing, are yet contemplative 

 lovers of Nature in her peaceful surrounding by 

 valley and stream, by broad lakes reflecting cloud- 

 land and the hilly shores, or by solitary mountain 

 tarns, and who like to hear about an angler's 

 experiences amid such scenes, and in imagination to 

 wander with him there. 



