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the side of streams in the level country, let 

 the angler betake himself to the hills of 

 Cumberland and Westmorland, where the 

 sun's warm rays are tempered by the clouds 

 and vapors which are attracted by the summit 

 of the mountains, down whose craggy sides 

 a hundred sparkling rills are leaping, which 

 uniting as they descend, flow in a calmer and 

 deeper current through the vale below; 

 like the tide of human passion, clear, rapid, 

 and impetuous in youth, but growing calmer, 

 deeper, darker, and more dangerous in age. 



The South-country angler who proposes to 

 take his pleasure among the hills those of 

 the North would hardly be tempted to leave 

 their own " bonny streams and braes" for 

 the sake of fly-fishing southward should 

 make his way to York as he most conve- 

 niently can, either by the mail, post-coach, 

 or in his own carriage. At York let him dis- 

 miss his retinue, and forward to Kendal his 

 travelling trunk, containing merely a change 

 of dress, with a few extra shirts and Words- 



