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are the latest discoveries of the therapeutic 

 magic worked by the sun's rays likely to 

 lessen our faith in that source of all 

 natural light and heat. Those of us who 

 have in the Great Desert cowered from 

 his fierceness under burnouse or tent may 

 also have feared it, but the instinctive 

 reverence for the sun is not altered. Yet, 

 agreeable though its warmth and bright- 

 ness makes indulgence in any outdoor 

 pursuit, the sun is not invariably a friend 

 to the fisherman, who always fears its 

 light, as betraying his guile, and some- 

 times also has reason to resent its heat, as 

 spoiling either the condition of the water 

 or the appetites of the fish. 



I. LIGHT 



Although, as will presently be shown, 

 a number of experienced anglers attach 

 great importance to the effect of tempera- 

 ture, chiefly, of course, as affecting the 

 hatch of fly on the water, it is generally 

 agreed that light is an all - important 

 influence in many kinds of angling. 



