FIRST DAY. 15 



" For what offence this place was scanted so 

 Of springing waters, no record doth show ; 

 Nor have they old tradition left that tells ; 

 But till this day at fifty-fathom wells 

 The shepherds drink." 



Without running streams a country loses 

 half its charms. The ancients considered 

 them the proper ornaments of sylvan beau- 

 ty ; hence Maximus Tyrius tells us the 

 mountains were sacred to Jupiter, but 

 the valleys to Diana. And now let us 

 try our skill against one of the denizens 

 of this pretty water. 



J. What's your fly? 



S. Try a hackle and a " yellow dun." 

 Like most persons who cast a fly, you 

 have, I suppose, your crotchets, and would 

 not for the world put two of the same 

 sort on at the same time, though I'll 

 venture an even bet that the " bob-fly" 

 is taken four times out of five in pre- 

 ference to the " stretcher." This you 

 may soon test by ringing the changes. 



