Tue Cnarms or ANGLING. 145 
Modern improvements in anglers’ implements, and recent 
inventions in lures to captivate by trolling, have rendered 
the angler of to-day very different from the ancient dreamy 
fishing philosopher. Especially is the difference from the 
ancient angler—as portrayed by good Izaak Walton—ob- 
servable in the United States of America, where an angler is 
expected to scull a boat with alacrity and pull an oar erace- 
fully, to sail a boat and man a pair of trolling-lines, to brave 
the ocean’s dashing surf and spray, and, clad in sailor’s garb 
of water-proof material, stand on the rocks of the shore and 
cast menhaden bait for striped bass, and play large fish from 
a stand where the dashing waves threaten continually to 
wash him off. 
The art of angling has become so rich in variety of imple- 
ments, so varied in scenes, so replete with all the clements 
tor exercise—as well for the student as for the man of action 
—as to render it 2 recreation entirely satisfactory to its dis- 
ciples, who believe that 
“* All pleasures but the angler’s bring 
T th’ tail repentance like a sting.” 
Men of cultivation and natural gentleness of disposition 
have frequently been known to indulge in the chase, and fol- 
low a well-trained dog with pleasure, though they are often 
known to forego these for angling; but there was never a 
true angler known to exchange his gentle wand, his quict 
rambles among the most charming haunts of nature, for any 
other means of recreation. 
‘* Bear lightly on their foreheads, Time! 
Strew roses on their way ; 
The young in heart, however old, 
That prize the present day. 
“*T love to see a man forget 
His blood is growing cold, 
And leap, or swim, or gather flowers, 
Oblivious of his gold, 
And mix with children in their sport, 
Nor think that he is old. 
K 
