CHAPTER IV. 



RIVERSIDE HINTS. 



Oblivion quickly slirouds the majority whose exploits have never 

 been brought before tlie puhlir by means of the Press. At the 

 same time, men have lived and achieved things which flasli back on 

 the memory as vividly as in the age when they were our dai]\- talk, 

 and whicli no author of angling records would willingl)' let die. 

 Instances could be cited, but one in particular is admissible liere, 

 because it serves to increase, in an admirable manner, the significance 

 of certain points in this chapter. 



The hero of the stor) — known as the " Professor " to his intimate 

 associates, but whose identity is not of the slightest consequence — 

 possessed a strange individuality. Of high birth and considerable 

 wealth, he had a retiring, if not a decidedly morose, disposition. In 

 London he shunned not onl\- the society of his kind, but actually went 



