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crude precision, and almost insolently un- 

 democratic : Even when we consider the 

 mountains insignificant, the earth is but 

 approximately round, and it was not born 

 either equal to any other globe of the 

 solar system or free to run in the heavens 

 a course of its own choosing. 



Could it be that "Dry Fly" merited a 

 place in the class of phrases which had 

 just been adorned by the tumultuous 

 advent of " Efficiency " ? 



This dark question had presented itself 

 about a year before. At that time, as 

 occasion arose, I was contributing an 



article now and then to The D 



C . Mr. H W M , the 



Editor, who is respected and beloved by 

 all who know him, especially by such as 

 have humane Tory insight, had done me 

 the honour to invite writings. Being in 

 ignorance about the solidarity of man and 

 the trend of progress, I was never to 

 pen a word touching politics ; but on 

 such subjects as are afforded by field- 

 sports, subjects of purely pagan interest. 



