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secure his prey, is greater than after he has 

 carried it about twenty or thirty yards in his 

 mouth ; 'and when, unless he be very hungry, 

 a slight check may cause him to drop it ; 

 in which case, he will seldom attempt to 

 follow it downwards, though he will often < 

 make a second attempt when the bait retains 

 its position near the surface. 



In the Friends' burying ground at Tirril, 

 between Pooley bridge and Penrith, is 

 interred an unfortunate brother of the angle. 

 Of this " pilgrim of nature," whose name 

 was Charles Gough, and whose fate is 

 described by Sir Walter Scott in the verses 

 called " Helvellyn," a passing notice may 

 not, perhaps, be misplaced here. He had 

 been educated in the religious principles of 

 the Quakers, but was expelled from the 

 Society in consequence of his having joined 

 a volunteer corps. He had been accustomed 

 to visit Wytheburn, between Keswick and 

 Ambleside, for the sake of angling ; and with 

 the intention of proceeding there, he left a 



