" Our Saviour chose simple 

 fishermen * * * St. Peter, St. John, 

 St. Andrew and St. James, whom he 

 inspired. * * * He never reproved 

 these for their employment or 

 calling as he did scribes and money- 

 changers." IZAAK WALTON. 



The Com pleat Angler, 1653. 



"I am the wiser in respect to all 



knowledge and the better qualified 



for all fortunes for knowing that 



there is a minnow in that brook." 



THOREAU. 



"Let us make the best of the 

 time yet allotted to us and regain 

 what of youth is possible let us 

 go a-fishing." ANDREW LANG. 



