6 DOVE DALE REVISITED 



season is almost over, and it has the more 

 business-like look of an anglers' resort. There 

 are still lingering here some tourists who stay 

 on account of the salubrity of the climate and 

 the beauty of the surroundings. Here are 

 six or seven anglers, enthusiasts who ply the 

 long-suffering Dove and Manifold with admir- 

 able care and patience, and with varying success. 

 The learned professions are fairly represented 

 just now by a barrister (whom, if I should have 

 occasion to mention again, I shall designate as 

 the " Master," on account of his great experi- 

 ence and his exquisite skill), a parson, a doctor, 

 a major (a real one, not " Piscator Major "), a 

 poet, and the humble amateur who pens these 

 lines. 



It would be easy, but it would not be inter- 

 esting, to become sentimental on the changes 

 in our own personalities which have taken place 

 since our last visit; but sentiment leads to melan- 

 choly, and I came not here to make myself 

 miserable, but to drive dull care away and be 

 happy. 



All this by way of introduction to the charms 

 and the beauties of Dove Dale and the attrac- 

 tions of its lovely river. 



