CHAPTER XIV. 



FISHING ANECDOTES. 



" Oh ! by rivers, by whose falls 

 Melodious birds sing madrigals ; 

 There spotted trout delight to play. 

 And leap about on each May day ; 

 'Tis there, with quick and eager eye, 

 They strive to catch each passing fly ; 

 Thither repair, and try your skill 

 With rod and line these fah to kill. 

 'Twill banish care, and will impart 

 Fresh vigour to an aching heart. 

 The rippling waters, as they flow, 

 Will drive away dull care or woe, 

 Will soothe the nerves, and will repair 

 The feelings caused by cankering care. 

 Then hasten to these rivers 1 falls, 

 And hear the birds 1 sweet madrigals ; 

 For there the trout delight to play 

 And catch the flies on each May day." 



THAT fishing is a pretty old institution there is 

 little doubt, for Tibullus says, " Hac captat arundine 



