THE ANGLER'S SOUVENIR. 



a state of exceeding great comfort ; the glass which 

 he took at the well, just after changing his socks, 

 having sent the blood tingling to his toe-ends. 



Delicate, nervous people such fragile beings as, 

 in country phrase, are said to be " all egg-shells " 

 who conceive, and very truly, from some de- 

 lightful papers in Blackwood, by the "old man 

 eloquent," that fly-fishing must be a most fasci- 

 nating amusement, and who think that straight- 

 way they can enjoy it in all its charms, are for the 

 most part wo fully disappointed when they come to 

 make the trial. Fly-fibhing is indeed delightful, 

 but not to them. A poor whimsical thing poor 

 in Heaven's best gift, mens sana, in corpore sano, 

 who 



" Is everything by fits and nothing long," 



has persuaded himself that he would enjoy fly- 

 fishing, and is determined to try the Wharfe, which 

 he is informed affords good trout-fiahing, the next 

 time he visits Harrogate. Previous to leaving 

 London, he provides himself with an excellent rod 

 and such lines, of hair and silk, as would make the 

 mouth of an old angler water, who spins his own 

 from no better material than the hairs of a cow's 

 tail. His flies, though showy and well enough 

 made, are not the kind for a trout, although laid 

 within an inch of his nose by ever so fine a hand. 

 He supplied himself at a tackle-maker's, who 

 knowing little of fly-fishing except for chub, 

 provided his customer with a choice and extensive 





