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kind, and affording the least sport are only to be 

 caught by scattering clotted blood and "blowing 

 brains," angling, instead of being a " recreation to 

 the contemplative man," must be a punishment to 

 all save those who may be considered peculiarly 

 qualified for a situation in WombwelTs Menagerie 

 or the Zoological G-ardens " deferre viscera urso;" 

 or, as the phrase is decently wrapped up in the ver 

 nacular, by an imitator of Dr. Johnson, "to convey 

 the intestines of the ox to the den of the bear." 

 Never, gentle reader, if you wish to merit the name 

 of " gentle angler," defile your hands with blood; and 

 never, as you hope "to print on her soft lips a 

 balmy kiss," or if you be waxing hoary as the 

 long-drawn kiss of first and youthful love remains 

 hallowed in your memory, never pollute your "mouth 

 by putting into it the raw brains of a sheep or an 

 ox. If you wish to enjoy the true pleasures of an- 

 glingthe pleasure of filling a large creel amidst 

 the inspiring solitude of hills and streams away 

 with you to some lonely village, towards the head 

 of a trout stream, where no butcher resides within 

 ten miles ; where fresh mutton is only to be had 

 once a week, and where bullock's brains are only to 

 be obtained once a-year that is, when the only 

 farmer in the place kills a kyloe at Martinmas, for 

 winter provision. 



