BO THE ART OF FISHING. 



hood of BakeweU,* on the banks of that far-famed 

 brilliant stream (the brightest perhaps in England, 

 it may be in the world) the Latchkill. It was on 

 one of those days in direct opposition to that 

 described in Walton and Cotton's " Angler " 



" A day without too bright a beam, 

 " A warm but not a scorching sun, 

 " A southern breeze to curl the stream, 

 " And, master, half our work is done." 



For the day I am mentioning was one of the 

 brightest; no breeze, and the river was like a 

 looking-glass. On the banks of the above little 

 stream, with rod and line, bending on one knee, 

 nearly prostrate to prevent the fish from seeing 

 him, imagine that you beheld this jolly angler 

 (for such he was in many senses of the word) vainly 

 endeavouring in the broiling sun to catch one 

 single fish ; though every now and then, I am 

 sorry to say, he took out of his drake basket a 

 live fly, which he spitted with his hook, and very 

 gently throwing it on the water, using extreme 



* BakeweU is situate on the river Wye, Derbyshire, in a beau- 

 tiful and picturesque rale. The engraving is introduced, being 

 the place of resort by many anglers, who, by the kind and 

 condescending permission of the Duke of Rutland, have liberty 

 to fish in the neighbouring trout streams, of which there are 

 many, strictly preserved by his Grace for the amusement of the 

 visitors at the Rutland Arms, in BakeweU, and at the Peacock 

 Inn, Rowsley. 



