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CHAPTER XL 



AFTER A DAY'S FISHING. 



TTTHAT a pleasant fatigue succeeds a day's 

 fishing ! There is not, or should not be, 

 a feeling of weariness, but just the satisfaction 

 one feels after enjoying a health-giving recrea- 

 tion. Health-giving it certainly is to the body, 

 and we have no hesitation in saying to the 

 mind also. It makes one forget for the time 

 being all the evils to which flesh is heir, and 

 braces up the whole system to meet them 

 when the necessity arises. But we must not 

 go in for more sentiment than is actually need- 

 ful. The practical duties after a day's fishing 

 are these. If the weather has been damp, 

 change all wet garments at once, and if at all 

 practicable have a hot bath before sitting 

 down to dinner. We say dinner advisedly, 



