INTRODUCTORY REMAKKS ON ANGLING. 



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justify this agreeable pastime, after the expressed opinions of 

 so many learned and distinguished men of every age ; and let 

 us ask the reader if there is any recreation at once so harm- 

 less, and with which so many happy associations are blended 

 — which combines so many rational inducements to health 

 and true enjoyment, as Angling. 



" Adieu ! ye sports of Noise and Toil 

 That Crowds in seuseless.strife embroil ; 

 The Jockey's Mirth, the Huntsman's Train, 

 Debauch of Health, and waste of Gain, 

 More mild Delight my Life employ, ' 

 The ANGLER'S unezpensive Joy. 

 Here I can sweeten Fortune's Frowns, 

 Nor envy Kings the Bliss of Crowns." 



Brookes on Angling, 1766. 



