100 ANGLING REMINISCENCES. 



The aggressions of men of influence in the north are 

 becoming every day bolder the attitudes assumed 

 by them more and more insolent. They distort the 

 ear of justice, trample upon the prerogatives of the 

 people, delete the most sacred charters, and encir- 

 cle with a palisado of obnoxious enactments their 

 ill-gotten acquisitions. 



Wandle. This is a sad picture of things, Mr 

 Leister, and bids fair, Herl-broke, to knock our pro- 

 jected excursion on the head. 



Leister. Nay, gentlemen, I have no such design, 

 and would only depress a trifle your preconceived 

 notions of Highland liberality. You may find, how- 

 ever, this praise-besplattered virtue better exempli- 

 fied by experiencing the proofs on't. By all means 

 trip it northwards you will not want amusement, 

 and, if sketchers as well as anglers, may occasionally 

 drop in among enviable masses of scenery, choice 

 groupings of tree, hill, and water, well worthy of 

 your attention. Among our club papers, by-the- 

 bye, we have several communications from different 

 members of our fraternity regarding various waters 

 in the districts of Scotland you intend visiting. 

 You are welcome, should you desire it, to a perusal 

 of these, and I have no doubt they will afford you 

 some minute information with respect to the angling 

 qualifications of such lochs and rivers as you are 

 likely to fall in with during your tour. 



Wandle. You greatly oblige us, Mr Leister, and 

 I, for my part, shall certainly take advantage of your 



