256 PLEASURES OF ANGLING. 



ADDENDA. 



My respected associate, in a delightful letter 

 from Watch-Hill, which was published the other 

 day, concedes the attractive beauty of forest and 

 river scenery, and the invigorating healthfulness of 

 mountain air, but claims the palm for old ocean in 

 both respects. A mutual friend, whose partialities 

 lean forestward, sends us the following in reply : 



TO "c. E. s." 



I've read your letter so you have a notion 



That mount and lake must yield the palm to ocean ? 



Not so, my boy : I know you're orthodox, 



And one small text your talk all endways knocks ! 



In that vast Heaven which I hope you'll reach 



There rolls no ocean with its stretch of beach. 



John, he of Patmos, in his splendid vision, 



Saw no salt water 'mid the fields elysian 



That " better country," which is out of sight, 



Has streams of crystal ever fresh and bright ; 



But John bears witness, and you must agree, 



'Mid scenes all heavenly " there'll be no more sea.' 1 



You write good letters 'way from brick and mortar, 

 But your sea-sentiment will not hold water. 



