"The Incompleat <i.4ngler. 



me, as we walk along the meadows, 

 is it true that, while one is fishing, 

 the angler should never speak, and 

 scarcely even breathe ? 



^9l$catOl% Marry, Scholar, he 

 should indeed be silent, and breathe 

 lightly. For, you must know, that a 

 proficient can catch as good a 

 fish as swims, with a fine line fi*om 

 one of the poets, if he be but 

 careful to let it fall with 'bated 

 breath. 



'^^eitaton What books should a 

 fisherman read ? 



^3l.ScatOl% I would recommend 

 for your study Bleak House, Dr. 

 Newman s Lectures 07t A7igle-can 

 Difficulties, The History of the Rod, 

 HooJis Remains, Hook's Archbishops of 

 Fishing-Can-terbury, The Gentle Life, 



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