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at leisure to give their time to it." We are further 

 assured, by the same authority, that ladies do not 

 so often partake of this amusement in the States as 

 in England. 



SIMPSON. Lady anglers at least for fish are far 

 from numerous in England, so far as my obser- 

 vation extends. I have not seen one for these last 

 three years, though I heard of one the other day 

 tumbling out of a punt, as she was angling for 

 gudgeons with her father in the Lea, near Bow. 

 She was soon fished up ; and after being treated, 

 secundum artem, according to the directions of 

 tli9 Humane Society, came to herself, and was 

 conveyed home in a cab, as she had lost one of 

 her shoes. 



FISHER. There is one mentioned in the "Angler 

 in Wales," who is in the habit of regularly fishing 

 fly, attended by her abigail. This lady appears, 

 from what is said of her, to be as well acquainted 

 with the turf as the stream ; and Chiffney or Scott 

 might take lessons from her in the art of training 

 and managing the race-horse. She is musical, too. 

 How delightful to hear the syren, familiar with the 

 beauties of Rossini, after her return from giving 

 her hunter a breathing, 



" Whistle sweet a diuretic strain ! " 



I do not like to see ladies either angling or play- 

 ing on the fiddle. These are not ladylike accom- 

 plishments, any more than smoothing the chins of 



