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pursue their loves or their prey. All nature would 
appear disposed to rest, as if to gather fresh strength 
for the coming day. To witness such scenes, and to 
enjoy the pleasures they impart, few plans or pursuits 
are more appropriate than night-angling on a large 
lake. The picture attempted of both, and the prac- 
tical hints introduced, derive little or no aid from art 
or the imagination. The impressions sought to be 
conveyed are simply those of reality, often experi- 
enced in early life. In taking leave of the scene in 
which they were realised, and when my last cast 
has been made in its waters, the lines of Moore rise 
- unsought to my pen :— 
“ Sweet Innisfallen, fare thee well, 
‘May calm and sunshine long be thine ; 
How fair thou art let others tell, 
To feel how fair shall long be mine !” 
E.N.M. 
