Nearly all carried snugly-cased fishing rods, whose summer work was ended. The Chateaugay, the Saranacs, Paul Smith's, Baker's, Martin's, and various other familiar names met our ears. We envied none of them. Our cup of joy, happiness and contentment was full to the brim. There was no room for "envy, hatred and malice," but a feeling of gratitude and thankfulness to the Author of every "good and perfect gift," welled up from our hearts.

"To one escaping but seldom from the weary routine of office work, to swing even a seven-ounce rod all day may become a burden; while to him whose muscles are braced by abundant exercise and robust health it seems but as a feather's weight. The truth is, that there is in this matter no hard and fast line where dogmatism may take its stand and say, this is right and that is wrong. Let each use that rod which to him affords the most pleasure, and for him that rod is the best, whether it be forty feet long or only two."-Henry P. Wells.

"There is certainly something in angling that tends to produce a gentleness of spirit, and a pure sincerity of mind."- Washington Irving.

"The flies used in lake fishing are larger than those for rivers; and I have frequently observed that the winged flies answer better than palmers. Perhaps the cause of this may be, that many rivers and small trout streams are bordered with trees, which overhang them, and from which drop the insects that the palmers imitate." -T. C. Hofland.

"When a trout cnooses to prey upon what he thinks is weaker than himself, the angler ought not to be blamed for it."-G. W. Bethune, D.D.

"I said anglers were born, not made; but when born they can be improved, and wish to learn as well as teach."-Fitz James Fitch.

"Imitate never so closely the form and general character of the fly at which the fish are rising-if the color be wanting you will have no sport."-Hewett Wheatley.

"Always strike from the reel by leaving the line free from pressure of the fingers, and then you don't strike too hard."—Fred Mather.

"It is of record that when the Pilgrims went to King James for their charter they said to him that they desired to go to the new world to worship God and catch fish."--Samuel S. Cox.

Every angler has his own peculiar notion in regard to the best fly; and the difficulty of presenting a perfect catalogue will be very apparent, when it is considered that the name of the fly of one writer bears a different name and description from that of another, and it is more than probable that the name and description of some of the flies in my list may not be in accordance with the views and opinions of many old and experienced anglers.""Frank Forester."

"After staying in a village parlor till the family had all retired, I have returned to the woods, and partly with a view to the next day's dinner, spent the hours of midnight fishing from a boat by moonlight, serenaded by owls and foxes, and hearing, from time to time, the croaking note of some unknown bird close at hand." -Henry D. Thoreau.

7. Ferguson.

9. Royal Coachman. II. Professor.

8. Abbey.

10. Seth Green.
12. Montreal.

"He sat down on a lump of granite, and took out his fly-book. It is a sport, he added, as he was selecting the flies, that there is less to be said against than shooting, I imagine. I don't like the idea of shooting birds, especially after I have missed one or two. Birds are such harmless creatures. But the fish is different-the fish is making a murderous snap at an innocent fly, when a little bit of steel catches him in the very act. It serves him right, from the moral point of view."— William Black.

"There is much diversity of opinion about the manner of fishing, whether up or down the stream; the great majority of anglers, both in Europe and this country, favor the latter method, and very few the former."-John J. Brown.

""Beautiful !' Well you may say so, for what is more beautiful than a well-developed pound trout ?"-Charles W. Stevens.