64 Scotch Loch-Fishing* 



on such occasions is a great loss of pleasure 

 to yourself, and usually a source of annoyance 

 to the others. These remarks are somewhat 

 apart from the subject of this book, but by 

 way of an aside, they may be found not quite 

 out of place. 



Do not be beguiled into keeping late hours, 

 for no one can fish well next day if he has not 

 had a sufficient amount of sleep. But this is 

 also an aside ; for some men need more sleep 

 than others, and each angler knows his own 

 necessities best. We only promulgate the 

 broad rule, that without proper rest no one 

 can be in good trim with hand and eye for a 

 pastime that needs both in a pre-eminent de- 

 gree. We speak from experience in this too ; 

 and have sometimes imagined that our right 

 hand had lost its cunning till we remembered 

 that we had not been properly rested the night 

 before. 



