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THE ANGLER'S SOUVENIR. 



verance, that will convert a person who has scarcely 

 seen a trout-stream in his life into an expert fly- 

 fisher. For the perfect enjoyment of angling, there 

 is still something required besides dexterity in the 

 management of the rod, skill in the choice of flies, 

 and acquaintance with the haunts of fish, and the 

 localities of the stream. In addition to these, there 

 must be a warm yet enduring love of angling, even 

 though the diligent pursuit of it be occasionally 

 attended with no reward. The mind of the angler 

 should be fully sensible of the beauties of the 

 scenery which are presented to him in his excur- 

 sions by lake and stream ; and susceptible of the 

 heart-healing impressions which the splendour of 

 the rising or setting sun, the rugged grandeur of 

 rocks and craggy mountains, the milder charms 

 of corn-fields, meadows, and woody slopes, never 

 fail to convey to him whose better feelings are 

 not overlaid by the filthy lucre of Mammon, nor 

 corrupted by the principles of the modern school 

 of heartless, counterfeit philosophy, which assumes 

 to itself, par excellence, the title of "Utilitarian," 

 and has discarded the old-fashioned virtues of 

 Faith, Hope, and Charity. 



" For what arailes to Brooke or lake to goe, 

 With handsome rods and hookes of every sort, 

 Well-fewisted lines, and many trinckets moe, 

 To find the fish within their wat'ry fort, 

 If .that the minds be not contented so, 

 But wants those gifts which should the rest support." 



