have quitted other sports for the amuse- 

 ment of Fly Fishing, yet the memory of 

 the writer does not furnish a sinsje instance 

 of a Fly Fisher deserting his occupation, 

 and transferring his preference to any other 

 of the list of Rural Sports : this observation 

 is very general, and is certainly a strong 

 argument in favour of the superior plea- 

 sure which Angling affords. 



The peculiar and almost immediate relief 

 which this innocent pursuit yields to the dis- 

 tressed or uneasy mind, by calming the per- 

 turbations which misfortunes or other vexa- 

 tious circumstances may have excited, is to be 

 ranked amongst the first of its recommenda- 

 tions. But as this relief is also experienced in 

 some degree by the practiser of other modes of 

 Angling, it may not be considered precisely 

 correct to class it amongst the advantages 

 of Fly Fishing. To proceed therefore to 

 those observations, upon which the claim of 



