254 ANGLING LITERATURE 



Skep. The serpent I overthrew had swallowed up all 

 the rest. 



Tickler. We must send a cart for him dead stomachs do 

 not digest ; and by making a slit in his belly we shall 

 recover the rest little the worse for wear and letting 

 them loose in the long grass, have an eel-hunt." 



In 1825, Professor Wilson published his Angler's Tent. 

 It is the narrative of one day's journey among the moun- 

 tains of Westmorland, Lancashire, and Cumberland. The 

 party being well provided with all the materiel of comfort, 

 visited some of the most wild and secluded scenes in 

 these several counties. The Professor says, " The images 

 and feelings of these few happy days, and, above all, of 

 that delightful evening, the author wished to preserve in 

 poetry. What he has written, while it serves to himself 

 and his friends as a record of past happiness, may, he 

 hopes, without impropriety be offered to the public, since, 

 if at all faithful to the public, it will have some interest 

 to those who delight in the wilder scenes of nature, and 

 who have studied with respect and love, the character of 

 their simple inhabitants." 



The following lines are very interesting, inasmuch as 

 they show the author's feelings on the sacredness of the 

 Sabbath day, as well as on his favourite pursuit of angling. 



" Yes ! dear to us that solitary trade, 

 'Mid vernal peace in peacefulness pursued, 

 Through rocky glen, wild moor, and hanging wood, 

 White-flowering meadow, and romantic glade ! 



