208 THE PRACTICAL ANGLER 



bleak hill-side. Nature is fast resuming her wintry 

 aspect, and 



" When chill November's surly blast 

 Makes fields and forests bare," 



the angler who has followed his vocation in the 

 joyous spring time, and again when the summer's 

 sun throws his rich glories over mountain and 

 valley, and has continued with undiminished ardour 

 when the breezes play cooler, 



"And Autumn's soberer hues 

 Tint the ripe fruit, and gild the waving corn," 



will not lose much by bidding adieu to the streams 

 for the season, and awaiting, with thankfulness for 

 the past and bright hopes for the future, the coming 

 of another spring. 



