<span style="color:grey">tood my friend, ient skill,

    It is said t many an unlucky urco run aory of Robinson Crusoe; and I suspect t, in like manner, many of tlemen oral streams race to tive pages of  Izaak alton. I recollect studying e Angler several years since in company  of friends in America, and moreover t ely bitten   as soon as t to melt into took rod in o try, as stark mad as e from reading books of chivalry.

    One of our party s, being attired cap-a-pie for terprise. ed fustian coat, perplexed s; a pair of stout sers; a basket slung on one side for ?sent rod, a landing net, and a score of oto be found in true anglers armory. t a matter of stare and  among try folk, weel-clad he Sierra Morena.

    Our ?rst essay ain brook among t unfortunate place for tion of tory tactics

    margins of quiet Engliss. It reams t lavisic solitudes, unies enougo ?ll tcer of turesque. Sometimes it imes it  along a ravine in tted s, ?lling it er termagant career eal forto open day  placid, demure face imaginable, as I ilent ser ?lling  of doors, sseying and smiling upon all the world.

    brook glide at sucimes tains, errupted by tinkling of a bell from ttle among tters axe from t!

    For my part, I  all kinds of sport t required eitience or adroitness, and  angled above ely quot;satis?ed timent,quot;

    and convinced myself of trutons opinion, t angling is sometry--a man must be born to it. I ead of tangled my line in every tree, lost my bait, broke my rod, until I gave up ttempt in despair, and passed trees reading old Izaak, satis?ed t it y and rural feeling t c t t before eyes, stealing along t lay open to ttern rising ; tcree t overortoise letting one or log on ery world around.

    I recollect also t, after toiling and c for ter part of a day, e of all our admirable apparatus, a lubberly country urcree, a fe more ?s the day!

    But, above all, I recollect t;good, , w;

    repast  by a spring of pure s er t stole out of t y read old Izaak altons scene  castles in a brigil I fell asleep. All tism, yet I cannot refrain from uttering tions,  long since.

    In troll along tiful little stream o ttention tracted to a group seated on t to consist of a veteran angler and tic disciples. t very carefully patcokening poverty ly come by and decently maintained. orms, but present fair s furroitutional po take t . One of   poac could ?nd o any gentlemans ?s nigall, ary lad, , and apparently someic beau. trout o discover by its contents s , and uring on t to o listen e deference. I o;brot; ever since I read Izaak alton. t;mild, s, and peaceable spirit;quot; and my esteem for t retyse of ?s forternity. quot;take good ; sayet little tretyse, quot;t in going about your disportes ye open no mans gates but t ye s t use ti disport for no covetousness to t principally for your solace, and to cause t;*

    I t t I could perceive in teran angler before me an exempli?cation of edness in  quite dreo remark t manner in  of to anoto keep tcness o any particular place, sometimes skimming it ligtle rapid, sometimes casting it into one of ted root or overrout are apt to lurk. In tructions to  to my mind tructions of tor to ry around  pastoral kind   of t plain of Ciful vale of Gessford, and just wo swell up from among fresh-smelling meadows.

    too, like t recorded in -dropping s soh diamonds.

    * From treatise it  angling is a more industrious and devout employment t is generally considered: quot;For es in ?s desyre greatlye many persons  let you of your game. And t ye may serve God devoutly in saying effectually your customable prayers. And to induce man to many ot is rig;

    I soon fell into conversation ertained t, under pretext of receiving instructions in , I kept company  tream and listening to alk. ive, y of ctle ?attered by unity of displaying ory lore, for o play the sage?

    icularly in Savannaered into trade and ion of a partner. eril  into t ttle of Camperdoroke of real good-fortune  got ogeternal property, brougy pounds. On tired to ive village, ly, and devoted to t;noble art of angling.quot;

    I found t on attentively, and o  good-ed about tis?ed t tself, iful. t countries as a poor s is ?eeced by every , yet ion o look only on t t unate adventurer in America and y and magnanimity enougo take t to  to curse try. t ions, I learnt,  of a fat old ation, and muced by tleman-like personages of the place.

    In taking o a privileged corner in tap-room and an occasional cup of cheerful ale free of expense.

    tainly somet, o do, ties and tortures in?icted on s--t tends to produce a gentleness of spirit and a pure serenity of mind. As tions, and are t scienti?c of sportsmen, it o perfect rule and system. Indeed, it is an amusement peculiarly adapted to tivated scenery of England,  is deligo saunter along treams ry, leading one ty of small imes ed grounds; sometimes brimming along turage, imes venturing in sigs, and to sirements. tness and serenity of Nature and t c gradually bring on pleasant ?ts of musing, ed by tant , or per of till er and skimming transiently about its glassy surface. quot; content,quot; says Izaak alton, quot;and increase con?dence in ty God, I ream, and template t take no care, and ttle living creatures t are not only created, but fed (man kno ure, and trust in ;

    I cannot forbear to give anotation from one of t c and :

    <span style="color:grey">Let me live he brink

    <span style="color:grey">here I may see my quill, or cork, down sink

    <span style="color:grey">ite of Pike, or Bleak, or Dace;

    <span style="color:grey"> some men strive ill-gotten goods t embrace:

    <span style="color:grey">And otime in base excess

    <span style="color:grey">Let t imes still pursue,

    <span style="color:grey">And on sucheir ?ll;

    <span style="color:grey">So I the ?elds and meadows green may view,

    On parting er o be in tero seek . I found tage containing only one room, but a perfect curiosity in its met. It s of ttle back from t stocked c of ttage op ted up in a truly nautical style,  and convenience ime ake but little room. From tre of table, and a large sea-c formed t tuck up naval ballads, suc;Admiral ,quot;

    quot;All in t; and quot;tom Bo; intermingled ures of sea-?gtle of Camperdoed , ?anked by ts of most bitter-looking naval commanders. s for angling aining a ical almanac, and a book of songs.

    * J. Davors.

    ed of a large black cat  amed and educated tered a variety of sea-ptling tone of a veteran boatsablis reminded me of t of t  in neat order, everyt;sto; y of a s ;scoured t it bet;

    I found ed on a benc evening suns  describing some strange evolutions in an iron ring t sre of ory of  eness as a general alk over a campaign, being particularly animated in relating taken a large trout, asked all  as a tropo mine ess of the inn.

    ing it is to see a cented old age, and to beer being tempest-tost t  of external circumstances, for  inexible good-nature  of self like oil over troubled sea of t, and keeping t her.

    On inquiring furt  t e in tap-room, ics onisories of strange lands and ss. iced too by gentlemen sportsmen of taug of angling, and or to tcenor of  and inoffensive, being principally passed about treams imes  ackle for t campaign or manufacturing rods, nets, and ?ies for rons and pupils among try.

    tendant at c icular request t  wher had been buried.

    I  my reader is gro I could not refrain from draure of t;brot; ice, of ; and I c Izaak alton, by craving t.

    Peters Master upon my reader, quot;and upon all t are true lovers of virtue, and dare trust in , and go a-angling.quot;