THE ANGLER 161 



he was so modest and unknowing, might go down as 

 classic. He was the most natural stalker and hunter 

 of wild things one could imagine. Caring nothing 

 for personal ornament, he was never dressed out for 

 sport. Clothes, he held, were to keep us warm in 

 winter, cool in summer ; the cut of them should be 

 for comfort, solid use. This principle he applied to 

 boots, hats, everything. He would have thought it 

 infamous to put polish or blacking on a good pair 

 of boots. His boots, carefully greased, never let in 

 water; his clothes were proof against the roughest 

 places in wood or by river. For changes in fashion 

 he cared nothing ; he did not scoff at such things 

 who of his friends ever knew him scoff at anything ? 

 he was serenely unconscious of them. He was one 

 of Nature's sportsmen; and his was one of those 

 human figures that may add something to the charm 

 of scenery. Where shall we find another angler quite 

 to equal him in skill and modesty and memories of 

 great trout and salmon days ? 



