We may say of angling as Dr. 

 Boteler said of strawberries: 

 "Doubtless God could have made a 

 better berry, but doubtless God 

 never did "; and so, if I may judge, 

 God never did make a more calm, 

 quiet, innocent recreation than 

 angling. IZAAK WALTON, The Com- 

 plete Angler. 



