266 ANGLING LITERATURE 



with a volume of angling songs, under the title of Eustic 

 Sketches ; ' all of which are able publications. The songs 

 are given in the Somersetshire dialect ; one of which we 

 insert by way of specimen. 



" Come rummage up yer tackle, buoys 



Yer rods, and lines, and reels ; 

 Ver once agen th' seysn's come, 

 Sa ramble inth' fiel's. 



Old blust'ring wenter's pass'd away, 



Its ice, and vrost, and snow ; 

 And zmilin' spring her mantle gay, 



O'er natur's face da drow. 



On, on she come wi' stealthy paze, 



Now ling'ring, now advancing ; 

 As maidens prove ther lover's faith, 



Coqueting and entrancing. 



Th' air wi' new-born insects teems, 



An' ev'ry copse and grove 

 From veather'd drots a chorus pours 



Ev warbled notes of love. 



In meads an' banks the viewers de spring, 



An' buds an' leaves da sproot ; 

 An' spoorting in th' crystal stream 



's th' sparkid zided trout. 



Then o'er es haunt, wi' gentle zweep, 



Unvold yer treach'rous vlies ; 

 And wi' yer cunning, practised hand, 



Allure and gain the prize. 



