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IN PURSUIT OF THE TROUT 



CHAPTER I 



Our Friend Angling 



' My Lord, I shall work steadily at it when 

 the fly-fishing season is over,' replied Dr. 

 Paley to the Bishop of Durham's inquiry as 

 to when he expected to place the result of one 

 of his great literary labours in the publisher's 

 hands. The stream of life ran more placid 

 and even in the time of the author of the 

 * Evidences ' than now, so that even busy 

 men often had the leisure and opportunity to 

 rest for a while on their oars without being 

 haunted by the uneasy feeling that a day 

 or a week of respite from work would be at 

 the risk of their position, enabling an eager 

 rival to outstrip them in the race. The 



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