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History; in the same proportion do they not 
only lead the Angler up to it, but actually 
almost force it upon him. 
The former (for whose purposes a very 
limited knowledge of Natural History is 
generally sufficient, and whose sports are 
attended with a degree of noise and bustle, 
at once disturbing some objects which might 
otherwise attract their notice, and incompa- 
tible with a careful examination of others) 
take the field when the leaf is withering, and 
As to the former, “Hunter” and “Huntsman,” though both 
originally bearing that signification, have now lost it, the 
word “ Hunter” being (in England) now generally transferred 
from the man to the horse, whilst “Huntsman” is exclusively 
applied to the person who manages the hounds. As to the 
latter (Shooting) we are, if possible, still worse off, for 
“Shooter” can scarcely be considered to have been ever 
commonly adopted, “Shooting-man” is utterly inadmissible, 
and “Shot,” if it ever conveys a similar meaning, certainly 
fails to do so without a qualifying adjective. 
The French, German, Italian, and Spanish languages have, 
it may be remarked, no advantage over us in this respect. 
In each there is a word to designate the fisherman (“ Pécheur,” 
“ Fischer,’ “ Pescatore,” and “ Pescador”), yet. when they come 
to Hunting and Shooting they are obliged to take refuge 
in generalities, combining the words “chasser”—“jagen’”— 
“cacciare”—“cazar,” &c., with others expressive of the par- 
ticular sport. 
