. Pleasures of angling with rod and reel for trout and salmon . filled up themeasure of their office, and deserve the reposewhich they have earned from long use and faithfulservice. CHAPTEK XIII. BRIEF TRIBUTE TO A DEPARTED FRIEND. To die is landing on some silent shore,Where billows never break, nor tempests roar ;Ere well we feel the friendly stroke, tis oer. — {Garth. Nor kings nor nationsOne moment can retard th appointed hour. - [Dryden. The worlds an inn, and deaths the journeys end. — [Ibid Since then our Arcite is with honor dead,Why should we mourn that he so soon is freed ? — [Ibid.
. Pleasures of angling with rod and reel for trout and salmon . filled up themeasure of their office, and deserve the reposewhich they have earned from long use and faithfulservice. CHAPTEK XIII. BRIEF TRIBUTE TO A DEPARTED FRIEND. To die is landing on some silent shore,Where billows never break, nor tempests roar ;Ere well we feel the friendly stroke, tis oer. — {Garth. Nor kings nor nationsOne moment can retard th appointed hour. - [Dryden. The worlds an inn, and deaths the journeys end. — [Ibid Since then our Arcite is with honor dead,Why should we mourn that he so soon is freed ? — [Ibid. i HE pleasurable emotions usually ex-cited by needed work preparatoryto our annual excursion, werechastened upon this occasion bythe recollection that one of thefour who made up our party lastyear—the youngest, the mostbuoyant and the best beloved —will never again join us in ourpleasant angling expeditions. Soonafter his return home last summer, without pre-monition, in the twinkling of an eye, he wascalled to pass the dark river. His sudden death,. PLEASURES OF ANGLING. 95 from an organic malady which no care couldavert, made a happy home desolate, and cast ashadow over many loving hearts. No one of usanticipated a return to the Oascapedia more confi-dently or with greater delight. But it was not tobe. We shall miss him, for he was the life andinspiration of the camp, as he was the ever-wel-come guest of every social circle. There onlyremains to us the recollection of his pleasant waysand joyous companionship. After his return home, and a few days beforehis death, he gave expression to the memories hecherished of the Oascapedia in the following beau-tiful lines: THE CHALETJR BAT — FATHEK PHOTTTS SHANDON BELLS. With deep affection, And recollection,I often think of the Chaleur Bay; Whose river wild, would, In age or childhood,Cast round mens fancies, its magic sway. There memory drifting — The past uplifting,Brings well-remembered scenes of summer time;
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