IN MEMORIAM. IO9 



The memory of such is precious. Requi- 

 escat in pace ! In this prayer I am sure 

 all brethren of the gentle art will join me. — 



Forest and Stream. 



To every angler throughout New England, 

 and even beyond its borders, the tidings of 

 the sudden death of Lorenzo Prouty will 

 come with a personal sense of bereavement. 

 His death is a loss to the constantly-increas- 

 ing ranks of gentlemen sportsmen. Next to 

 his own kith and kin, the brethren of the 

 "gentle art" will most seriously mourn his 

 entrance into rest, not grudgingly, for "after 

 life's fitful fever he sleeps well," but with an 

 individual and selfish regret that his inter- 

 course with them on earth is ended. In do- 

 mestic, social, and business life he was a 

 kindly, courteous, and honest man ; and the 

 rising of each day's sun shone on some new 

 friend, won to his side by the innate kind- 

 liness of his genial nature. He was a man 



