

CHAPTEE YII. 



WHO WENT A-FISHING, AND HOW THEY 

 REACHED THE EIYEE. 



I now believed 



The happy day approach'd, nor were 

 My hopes deceived. 



[Dryden. 



JYEKY one, I presume, looks for- 

 ward hopefully to the realization 

 of some fancied good, or to the 

 attainment of some coveted plea- 

 sure. Life would be even more 

 sombre and leaden than it is but 

 for this ever-living hopefulness. 

 It is the hidden sunshine which 

 gives to the darkest cloud its 

 silver lining the unseen hand 

 which "smoothes the wrinkled front of weary 

 care." ~No matter that these pleasant visions 

 seldom assume the form and substance of reality. 

 " Castles in the air " have often happier tenants 

 than those on terra firma. 



The enthusiastic angler is never content with 

 minor achievements. His constant expectation is 

 that every new cast will afford him some new con- 



