Fishing. 1 3 



wealthier sons to follow less necessary arts 

 than the primary ones of war and tillage. The 

 Greeks and Romans, civilized beyond the rest 

 of the world, soon became enthusiastic sports- 

 men." The delight of salmon fishing is so 

 great to many from the health and amusement 

 which it affords, that, although it is obtained 

 by costly and laborious exertion, the passion 

 for it leads to an increasing demand for the 

 fishings at still higher rentals ; so much so 

 that the average cost of a salmon, taken by 

 the rod on the Tweed, is calculated at from 

 £3 to £5, although the same fish could be 

 bought in the market for one-fifth of the 

 money. It is said by enthusiastic salmon 

 fishers that the delight experienced in the first 

 tug of a salmon, when newly hooked, is a 

 sensation more exquisite than any other sport 

 can afford. That the gentle craft is not more 

 practised in Australia, is owing partly to the 

 fact that men are there all workers, who have 

 little time to spare for pleasure or sport, and 

 partly that the rivers do not contain the best 

 kinds of sport-giving fish. As time advances 

 and population increases, a leisure class will 

 appear, and field sports, but especially angling, 



