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 HINTS & OBSERVATIONS. 



angling is a rational and healthful 

 amusement, it should be followed only when 

 leisure from more important pursuits, and 

 the weather permits. Cold stormy weather, 

 independant of the danger of taking cold, is 

 by no means proper for the diversion. A 

 cloudy day is preferable to a bright one, and 

 the south and west winds better than the 

 north ; it is to little purpose to angle with 

 the wind in the east, though I know not if 

 this maxim holds good, in rivers running 

 from east to west, it is an universal rule 

 never to angle with the wind up the stream.* 



* Mr. Taylor sets these niceties at defiance; but 

 waving his opinion, I shall appeal to the experience 

 of every good angler, who would confirm the truth 

 of my remark, that there are days in \f\\\c\ijish will 

 not bitt) and in which the greatest skill will not insure 

 succefs. 



