after warning him to "be more careful of scattering his 

 wit in future. Sir Henry, whose life is written "by his 

 friend good old Izaak Walton, when he was upwards 

 of seventy years of age, composed, "as he sate quietly 

 in a summer's evening on a bank a fishing," those 

 verses on the return of Spring which are inserted in 

 the first chapter of Walton's " Complete Angler." Sir 

 Henry, after having lived long in the "busy world, and 

 seen much of the intrigue, the restlessness, and the 

 anxiety of a court life, declared that he had at length 

 learnt: " Animas sapientiores fieri quiescendo." A truth 

 which doubtless the calm pleasures of angling very 

 materially contributed to impress upon his mind. 



Proceeding up the Thames, Maidenhead, Marlow, 

 and Henley afford excellent accommodation for the 

 angler; and the .Thames, in the neighbourhood of all 

 the three places, is well stocked with fish. The river 

 near Henley, presents a beautiful expanse of water, 

 and the amusement of rowing and boat-sailing, in ad- 

 dition to angling, may be enjoyed here to great advan- 

 tage. The surrounding country is also extremely 

 pleasant; and between Windsor and Oxford we are 

 acquainted with no place where the angler can spend 

 a week with greater pleasure. 



From the village of Dorchester, where a small 

 stream, called the Tame, runs into the Thames, the 

 river up to Oxford, and for some miles above, is com- 

 monly called the Isis. This name, according to Dr. 

 Aikin, is only the ancient name of O use latinized, and 

 unknown to the inhabitants of its banks, who call the 



