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as a proof of his passion for it, continued the 

 pursuit even with his left hand. Dr. Paley 

 was ardently attached to this amusement; 

 so much so, that when the Bishop of Dur- 

 ham inquired of him, when one of his most 

 important works would be finished, he said, 

 with great simplicity and good humour, " My 

 Lord, I shall work steadily at it when the 

 fly fishing season is over," as if this were a 

 business of his life. And I am rather re- 

 served in introducing living characters, or I 

 could give a list of the highest names of 

 Britain, belonging to modern times, in sci- 

 ence, letters, arts, and arms, who are orna- 

 ments of this fraternity, to use the expres- 

 sion borrowed from the freemasonry of our 

 forefathers. 



PHYS. I do not find much difficulty in 

 understanding why warriors, and even states- 

 men, fishers of men, many of whom I have 

 known particularly fond of hunting and shoot- 



Merton, in the Wandle. I hope this circumstance will 

 be mentioned in the next edition of that most exquisite 

 and touching Life of our Hero, by the Laureate, an 

 immortal monument raised by Genius to Valour. 



