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men ; open your eyes to the scenes of loveliness 

 that will greet you, and your heart to the kindness 

 and goodness you will experience, and you will 

 be highly gratified. Whatever party spirit may be 

 going on, strangers are never molested. The Angler 

 in Ireland, which will be found a very acceptable 

 book to any angler intending to go to the sister 

 country for that recreation : it contains great in- 

 formation relating to artificial flies, good inns, 

 boatmen, names, favourite places," &c. &c. 



Memoranda of Fish taken in Wales. In one 

 year's angling, from llth April, 1753, to 10th 



April, 1754 (suppose all trout) 6272 



Ditto, April to October, 1754 3758 



1756 3739 



1757 9272 



1758 7762 



1759 3490 



1760 2150 



1761 2522 



1762 3183 



1763 3158 



1764 . , 1814 



The whole given to the public ; the rich, 



the poor, the sick, the healthy 47,120 



%* Some pike and chub, eels and flounders, 

 were also taken, not noticed in the above account. 

 Hansard's Trout Fishing. 



