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and such as expect to be carried off by a 

 galloping consumption should they tumble 

 over head and ears into a " peerless pool of 

 living water," ought never to attempt fly- 

 fishing. It is not a recreation fitted for 

 their temperament; for as fly-fishers, who 

 are not unfrequently exposed to the risk of 

 wet feet and a wet jacket, their sensations 

 must often be like those of a gouty old 

 gentleman in a country dance, who follows 

 the " mazy pleasure" under the apprehension 

 that some active lady or gentleman who cuts 

 high will be alighting, after one of their 

 lofty bounds, on his tender toe. 



Sedbergh is a small, irregularly built 

 market town, situated among the hills on the 

 north-western boundary of Yorkshire. The 

 moors and streams in the vicinity, which 

 abound respectively with grouse and trout, 

 render Sedbergh, though not in itself inte- 

 resting, a convenient station during the season 

 to the shooter and the angler. The river 

 Lune, which flows about a mile west of the 

 town, where it forms the boundary between 



