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streams are not to be had by knocking them 

 on the head with a cod-hook, feathered like 

 an arrow to give greater certainty to the 

 blow. If an angler of this stamp is, not- 

 withstanding, determined on fishing, let him 

 amuse himself in bobbing for eels at the 

 mill-tail above Wooler bridge, where his 

 labor will be less and his reward greater. 



A visit to Chillingham Castle, to see the 

 wild cattle, ought not to be omitted when 

 in the neighbourhood, as the distance from 

 Wooler is only six miles. It is unnecessary 

 to describe the form of those beautiful 

 animals here, for a single glance at Bewick's 

 admirable engraving of the Chillingham bull 

 will give a more perfect idea of it than a 

 dozen pages of dull description. Though 

 they are generally shy, and retreat on the 

 appearance of strangers, running off to a 

 considerable distance and then facing sud- 

 denly about, yet they ought never to be 

 approached but in company with the keeper, 

 otherwise the curious observer may hap- 

 pen to be put in great bodily fear, even 



