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from his art in sinking it, he brought it to near the 

 fish on his lair at the bottom ; and by these means 

 he was more successful generally than any other 

 fisher. I had long heard of Mr Maule and his suc- 

 cess, and always with the warmest admiration, as a 

 first-rate fisher, and a first-rate man ; but I never 

 met him till some years after my publication on 

 angling had appeared then I found him the man 

 in every true sense of the name, and the gentleman 

 in its every legitimate sense. 



We have lost him now, several years since. Why 

 should the true lovers of angling and worth not have 

 him monumented at Boldside Boathouse, where he 

 often lodged with the fisherman 1 I dare say the 

 laird of Gala would not refuse the stance, were the 

 idea respectfully represented. Were the rocks yonder 

 mine, I would invite the monument ; because we 

 have had no fisher since the time of old Walton and 

 Cotton characteristically comparable to the late Mr 

 Maule. 



