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sensations when we see the inanimate parts 

 of the creation the meadow, flowers, and fields 

 in a flowering state. There must be (says 

 Seed) some rooted melancholy at the heart, when 

 all nature appears smiling about us, to hinder 

 us from corresponding with the rest of the crea- 

 tion, and joining in the universal chorus of joy. 

 But if meadows and trees in their cheerful 

 verdure, if flowers in their bloom, and all the 

 vegetable parts of the creation in their most ad- 

 vantageous dress, can inspire gladness in the 

 heart and drive away all sadness and despair, 

 to see the rational creation happy and flourish- 

 ing, ought to give us a pleasure as much 

 superior as the latter is to the former in the 

 scale of beings." 



In fishing, fly and natural minnow are the 

 only lures I use. Here as elsewhere " fine and 

 far off" is the secret of success. The tackle 

 must be of the finest, and the line thrown so 

 that it falls on the water like a gossamer 

 thread without disturbing the surface in the least, 



