sages of great beauty and feeling in the Salmonia, and 

 many observations on natural ids toiy which are highly 

 deserving of attention, yet, notwithstanding that it has 

 had 'an extensive sale, it is not a popular "book. Many 

 have read it who would not otherwise have looked into 

 such a hook, from curiosity to see what the President of 

 the Royal Society, claiming to "be one of the first scien- 

 tific "bodies in Europe, could say upon such a subject; 

 and others, who are desirous of reading such works, "be 

 the author who he may, have perused it with greater 

 avidity in consequence of the previous reputation of 

 the author. It is of little use as an angling guide; 

 and 'though the author appears to have angled in 

 the Scottish Highlands and in Stiria, he scarcely 

 appears to have seen any of the people of these coun- 

 tries, for there is nothing like a characteristic sketch 

 of popular manners in the "book. The notice of the 

 " stout Highlander with a powerful tail, or, as we 

 should call it in England, suite," is a poor affair; and 

 Mr. Ornither was right in not saying a word about the 

 Celt being " a pot-fisher, and somewhat hungry," until 

 his tail was turned, lest he should have soused him 

 in the pool. The sneer from the Cockney (he could 

 "be nothing else), one of a party who " have come 

 nearly a thousand miles for this amusement," at a 

 Highlandman as a pot-fisher, is really capital Why, 

 what does the Highlandman feed on? Salmon, grouse, 

 and red deer ; and he might as well be laughed at as a 

 pantry sportsman, because he kills the latter for his 

 table, as sneered at because he takes his own fish. We 



