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immediately on arriving at the house of rest 

 or refreshment. With these precautions the 

 Angler may, if possessed of a good natural 

 constitution, bid defiance to the effects of the 

 element, which his prejudiced or timid 

 friends would set forth as objections to deter 

 him from the perfect enjoyment of an inno- 

 cent and favourite amusement. If situation 

 or other circumstances should render it un- 

 pleasant, or not easily practicable to the 

 wader, every time he hooks a fish to draw it 

 to the shore, he will find that, after played 

 with for some time, by pulling it with an even 

 but somewhat rapid motion, it will be incapa- 

 ble of much action on reaching his hand ; so 

 that he may without difficulty extract the 

 hook, and lodge the fish safely in his pannier, 

 before the temporary stupefaction is removed. 



In fishing in the evening, it will occasion- 

 ally happen that bats and swallows mistaking 

 the artificial for the natural fly, will hook 



