XI. 



enlighten and invigorate the mind, and improve 

 the heart. 



The railway system of this country has 

 entirely changed the general aspect and capa- 

 bilities of Angling. The facility and cheapness 

 of transit from one county or locality to another, 

 has now given to the modern angling-tourist, 

 such a wide and diversified range of waters for 

 his selection, that he may at the present day 

 transport himself into the most retired and 

 romantic spots of England and Wales, at a less 

 cost of time and money than would have been 

 required, a few years ago, to have placed him 

 for a few hours in a miserable punt on the 

 banks of the Thames at Richmond or Twicken- 

 ham. In fact, his sport has become cheapened 

 in a remarkable degree. Starting, for instance, 

 at five or six o'clock in the morning from 

 London, he can be twenty or fifty miles down 

 in the country, in any direction he fancies, by 

 his usual breakfast-hour at home ; and he can 

 return in the evening after a day's sport, to his 

 own domicile, there to expatiate to his own 

 family on his exploits and adventures, or join 



