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have said much of the relaxation and restfulness scien- 

 tific angling brings to tired workers. Non-anglers 

 may wonder how one can gain rest by working at the 

 oars, wading a stream, or wielding a rod for hours 

 at a time as patient fishermen must and do. Perhaps 

 the following statement made by a well-known psy- 

 chologist will throw some light on this subject: 



"A study of adult sports shows that those sports 

 which afford the most complete relaxation and recrea- 

 tion are forms racially old and familiar and hence easy 

 and restful. They involve not the higher and newer 

 brain tracts but the older and more basal ones. Hunt- 

 ing, fishing, camping, boating, and all the many forms 

 of outing are familiar illustrations."* 



The camaraderie, the sunshine, the fresh air and 

 the work of bait casting make up one way to cheat 

 Father Time and to keep our youth and enthusiasm 

 without which Life, indeed, would be a humdrum 

 affair and well, never mind the philosophizing. 

 Here's luck and may your days be long on the water 

 and may your creels be decently heavy and decently 

 light. 



THE END 



*G. T. W. Patrick in "Interstate Medical Journal." 



