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" Ita facillime 

 Sine invidia laudem invenias, et ami cos pares." 



Thus had he honor gain'd without a shade, 



And through the land friends like himself had made. 



Should matrimonial, or any other business 

 or pleasure, lead the angler 



" In Spring's sweet prime, or summer weather," 



to the neighbourhood of Wooler, which, as 

 a certain legal luminary well knows, is on 

 the direct road to Coldstream, let him by all 

 means, if not too much hurried, stay a few 

 days at the Tankerville Arms ; one of the 

 best inns, with the best of landlords, in the 

 north of England. The Till, the Glen, and 

 Wooler Burn, which are in the immediate 

 neighbourhood, are all good trout streams, 

 and seldom fail to afford the angler who is 

 skilful in his art, excellent sport. That no 

 one, however, may give himself unnecessary 

 trouble, the regular water-thrasher is respect- 

 fully warned off, as his active labors will be 

 only thrown away. The trouts in those 



