Fly-Fifhing. 17 



muft be in oppofition to thofe of a certain Profef- 

 for, of no mean notoriety, on the fubjeft of his 

 " non-imitation theory." 



Though many years have pafled, fince I filled 

 the lowly pofition of an Oxford Under-graduate, 

 I have not quite forgotten that, if there was one 

 name in the whole vocabulary of our vernacular 

 that infpired me with efpecial awe, it was that of 

 Profeflbr. What a giant in intellectual attain- 

 ments did I infer the proud pofleflbr of fuch a 

 name muft neceflarily be ! And though it has be- 

 come more common now, (as the firfl ftreet you 

 enter in a town of any pretenfions will give you 

 an opportunity of feeing, if you will only examine 

 the plates on the doors,) I have not quite loft 

 every veftige of my old feelings. If, then, I pre- 

 fume to differ with the learned man in queftion, it 

 will, I truft, be in a manner that will not infringe 

 upon my refpecl: for him. 



Without quoting his words on Bacon's defini- 

 tion of fimulation and diffimulation, the worthy 

 Profeflbr boldly ftrikes out, by alleging that " there 

 is, in truth, little or no connection between the 

 art of angling and the fcience of entomology ; and 

 therefore the fuccefs of the angler, in by far the 

 greater proportion of cafes, does not depend on 

 c 



