16 PLEASURES OF ANGLING. 



a life-long disciple of the gentle art, lie never 

 chicled me for my tastes nor coveted what was 

 kept from him by their indulgence. And now, 

 when this " beloved physician " is " wearing awa' 

 to the land o' the leal " as gently and as peacefully 

 as the summer's sun retires to its rosy couch, his 

 eye receives new lustre as he recalls the pleasant 

 hours of his early youth while angling in the lochs 

 and burns of his native land and in the brooks and 

 rivers of his adopted country. 



And just here is where too many of our people 

 make their great mistake. They seek recreation 

 to regain health, not to preserve it. If half the 

 time were given to keep strong that is consumed in 

 the hopeless effort to get strong, there would be 

 fewer invalids in the land fewer men prematurely 

 aged, and fewer women bent and broken in the 

 midst of their years. " Prevention is better than 

 cure," and no class of men are more fortunate than 

 those whose love of angling frequently draws them 

 from the wearisome cares of business arid the suf- 

 focating atmosphere of absorbing trade, into the 

 green fields and shaded forests, where brook and 

 river and lake afford ample pastime and healthful 

 recreation. 



I think our people are improving in this regard. 

 There are more who appreciate the curative pro- 

 perties of change and repose to-day than ever before ; 

 and the time is coming when the expenses of a 



