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an appetite. There is however one part of 

 the note alluded to which demands especial 

 notice. It is an exception taken by a friend 

 of his Lordship's against the general cruelty 

 of anglers in favor of an acquaintance of his 

 own a truly humane and sentimental man, 

 and doubtless one of the pathetic school; 

 whose pupils can whine over a dead jackass 

 while they leave an aged mother to starve, 

 and can mourn for the neglected violet while 

 they send their natural children to the work- 

 house.^ The singular testimony in favor of 

 this " delicate-minded creature's" humanity 

 is as follows : " One of the best men I ever 

 knew ; as humane, delicate-minded, ge- 

 nerous, and excellent a creature as any in the 

 world was an angler: true, he angled with 

 painted flies, and would have been incapable 

 of the extravagances of I. Walton." This 

 is a striking instance of the inconsistencies 

 which men fall into when they declaim 



* See the confessions of the sentimental philanthropist, 

 Rousseau. 



