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ON THE PRACTICSOF ANGLING. 
“ Unaoon currents of the air, 
aa Bryant has it. Walton says: “You are to take notice, that 
of the winds, the south wind is said to bo the best. One ob- 
serves, that 
4 When the wind is in tho south, 
It blows tho bait in the fish's mouth.* 
Next to that, the west wind is believed to bo the best ; and 
having told you that the east wind is the worst, I need not 
tell which wind is the worst in the third degree : and yet (as 
Solomon observes) 1 that he that considers the wind shall 
never sow,’ so he that busies his head too much about them, 
if the weather be not made extreme cold by an east wind, 
shall be a little superstitious ; for as it is observed by some 
that there is no good horse of a bad color, so I have observed 
that if it be a cloudy day, and not extreme cold, let the wind 
set in what quarter it will, and do its worst, I heed it not, and 
yet take this for a rule, that I would willingly fish standing on 
the lee shore ; and you are to take notice that the fish lies or 
swims nearer the bottom, and in deeper water than in sum- 
mer ; and also nearer the bottom in a cold day, and then gets 
nearest the lee side of the water. 
Sir Humphrey Davy says : “ For fly-fishing, 
A duy with not too bright a beam, 
A warm but not a scorching sun. 
Also, “ never fish with your back to the sun, as your shadow 
is thrown on the water, and the fish are frightened at your 
movements.” These are important instructions to the Angler, 
and the high source from whence they come should be con- 
sidered by him as law. It would be well to notice here, 
also, that after protracted rains or severe storms, the Angler 
should fish at the bottom if he expect sport, and that it is use- 
