I GO THE SPORTING WORLD. 



too trying a school for his temperament ; an 

 irritable one would find that by indulgence of 

 his feelings he would realise the saying of 

 " catching no fish ; " a morose man would find 

 nothing on which to vent his ill humour, or at 

 least nothing sensible to it ; and a depraved one 

 would feel the absence of the world not only 

 irksome but intolerable. In holding the angler 

 as cheap as I do, as a Sportsman, be it ob- 

 served, I allude to him who dangles for Roach, 

 Perch, and such kind of subordinate fry. I 

 candidly confess that personally nothing short of 

 a whale could rouse my enthusiasm in fishing. 

 This is no matter; others require less excitement. 

 The very term so often used, "the patient 

 angler," **the gentle craft," carry with them a 

 characteristic quite at variance with the habits 

 of one used to pursuits of a more stirring 

 description. 



That fishing has its enthusiasts is quite clear 

 from the fact that not only Wales, Ireland, and 



