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sure to give their time to it." We are further 

 assured, by the same authority, that ladies do not 

 so often partake of this amusement in the States as 

 in England. 



SIMPSON. Lady anglers at least for fish are 

 far from numerous in England, so far as my obser- 

 vation extends. I have not seen one for these last 

 three years, though I heard of one the other day 

 tumbling out of a punt, as she was angling for gud- 

 geons with her father in the Lea, near Bow. She 

 was soon fished up; and after being treated, secun- 

 dum artem, according to the directions of the 

 Humane Society, came to herself, and was conveyed 

 home in a cab, as she had lost one of her shoes. 



FISHER There is one mentioned in the " Angler 

 in Wales," who is in the habit of regularly fishing 

 fly, attended by her Abigail. This lady appears, from 

 what is said of her, to be as well acquainted with the 

 turf as the stream; and ChifFney or Scott might 

 take lessons from her in the art of training and 

 managing the race-horse. She is musical, too. How 

 delightful to hear the syren, iamiliar with the beau- 

 ties of Bossini, after her return from giving her 

 hunter a breathing, 



" Whistle sweet a diuretic strain!" 



I do not like to see ladies either angling or playing 

 on the fiddle. These are not lady-like accomplish- 

 ments, any more than smoothing the chins of bris- 

 tle-bearded coal-heavers is a feminine employment. 



