ZU PISCATORIAL REMINISCENCES 



these silver streams which we now see glide so 

 quietly by us. Isaac Walton. 



Isaac Walton being so well known, and his 

 work on angling in the possession of most per- 

 sons, it has been thought proper to extract but 

 little from him, his commendation on angling 

 is known to all lovers of the gentle art, so much 

 so, that there are many Waltonian Clubs esta- 

 blished throughout England, and even in various 

 parts of America. Editor. 



Sir Henry Wotton observes respecting angling, 

 " Twas an employment for his idle time, which 

 was not then idly spent, for angling was, after 

 tedious study, a rest to his mind, a cheerer of his 

 spirits, a diverter of sadness, a calmer of unquiet 

 thoughts, a moderator of passions, a procurer of 

 contentedness, and that it begot habits of peace 

 and patience in those that professed and practised 

 it." 



Fishing is a kind of hunting by water, be it 

 with nets, weeles, baites, angling, or otherwise, 

 and yields all out as much pleasure to some men 

 as dogs or hawkes. When they draw the fish 

 upon the banke, saith Nic. Henselius, Silesio- 

 graphia, cap. 3, speaking of the extraordinary 

 delight his countrymen tooke in fishing. T. Du- 

 branius de piscibus telleth how, travelling by 



