GLORIOUS INTELLECTUAL Musmnas. 191 
CHAPTER IV. 
LESSON BY “JOSH BILLINGS.” 
| ANGLERS with bait 
a 
are a more queer, 
quaint, peculiar class 
of sportsmen than are 
the devotees of the 
fly, and they include 
in their class students 
=| deeply read in nature 
' and books. If you de- 
sire to find an original 
genius, you will most 
ee) 
readily succeed among 
anglers with bait, who 
use primitive rods and 
tackle, and follow the 
streams solitary and 
«i silent, in a meditative 
<' mood, enjoying the 
sights and sounds of 
nature unmolested by the presence of the less contemplative 
fly-fisher, or the worshiper of dog and gun. Such a one Josh 
Billings appears to be, with his coat buttoned on the wrong 
side, if his writings are any index to the man, His lesson is 
included in the following original verse: 
‘*Whare the dul stream 
Haz fatted tew a pulp 
The sooty arth, 
Go seek the dark-skinned alder 
(A tiny forest), 
And from the crowded growth 
Selekt a slender wand, 
