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will be rendered logical by the realization of cause and effect, 
and his whole being will soon become attuned to the harmo- 
nies of nature. The pleasurable exercise and anxicties in the 
practice of angling rest and recuperate the mind, so that 
children are thereby enabled to commit their school lessons 
to memory with greater ease, and to understand them more 
fully. 
A small stream to angle in from the shore, or a pond to 
row out on and anchor the boat to fish from, is a great lux- 
wy which a family should not omit the enjoyment of. Ihave 
noticed with pleasure that the taste for angling has been in- 
creasing annually for the past ten years with our ladies. They 
begin to delight in fishing excursions and in the harmony of 
angling. There is, therefore, hope of a large crop of anglers 
from the rising generation. Twenty years ago there were 
scarcely a dozen ladies in the metropolis who could scull a 
boat, but now many ladies ply a pair of sculls very grace- 
fully. With those families settled near the shores of the 
numerous water approaches to New York, and along Iar- 
lem River, the taste is setting in favor of light, buoyant, com- 
fortable, and elegant row-boats; and morning and evening, 
these boats, laden with joyous families of children, lend an 
enlivening charm to the scene. 
Sometimes papa and mamma take the children a-fishing. 
Whenever they do, they should supply them with a light 
bamboo rod, and attach at a joint one third from the top end 
avery fine sillk or linen line; wind it a few times round the 
rod, and cast two half hitches over the top end; then affix a 
float according to the depth of the water, so that the bait will 
sink within six inches of the bottom, and a foot above the 
hook fasten to the line from one to three split shot. Let the 
hook be the minnow size, and the bait—a piece of angle-worm 
dug the day previous, and laid in moss or green grass over 
night to scour, if for small fresh-water fishes—should merely 
cover the point of the hook. Never bait with the head of 
the worm; always break that off and throw 1t in the water. 
