94 BKST'S ART OF ANGLING. 



fatal ; but, either take a little brandy or rum out 

 with you, in a wicker bottle, or wait till you come 

 to some house where you can have a little : the 

 -effects it has of quenching the thirst, and cooling 

 the body, are instant aneouSo 



The angler being JLOW '-Tnished with every re- 

 quisite for the art of groni angling, his strictly 

 adhering to ^he theory laid u^v n, in his practice, 

 is the only thing he has to do, and he may de- 

 pend on his eii'havouir. bHng crov .vuh sue* 

 cess. The sec^nJ part of his little essay, will 

 treat of artificial fy fishing under evsvy head 

 that can prov*; of utility to he angler; which 

 certainly bears the be] I in. that delightful r vcrea- 

 tion, that adds strength and vigour to he body^ 

 keep^ the mind in a perfect sUts of sen ity 4nd 

 tranquillity, and alleviates the cares and troubles 

 Attendant pn mortality. 



In short, how delightful is every species of this 

 Diversion, in such a paradise as the Poet describes: 



Behind, where aiders from the weather sci'een, 

 Before, the lawn presents its Jengtheird scene : 

 dose on that side trills soft the emptying biiqoJc, 

 While this fresh woods and sloping bills o'erloo^- 

 Thick overhead the rose and woodbine meet. 

 Uniting shade to shade, and sweet to s\yeet : 

 The pea and Wooininiii hean their odours yield, 

 And new^iBown hay perfumes the fragrant fieM. 

 To hear the nightingale delights the meads, 

 And grasshoppers chirp shrill amid the reeds : 

 While from the pinfold, there, the bleating sheep 

 Cheerthe still twilight, and divert from sleep j 

 The cale'^ perfume, the echo's .mimic sound, 

 The flight bird's song, and lowing kine around; 

 In ;holiow banks the hum of must' ring bees, 

 And zephyrs \vhisp 'ring soft amid the trees. 



.SIvTD OF THE FIRST PAJtT. 



