Fishing and shooting sketches . y>2^. A Word to Fishermen THOSE of us who fish in afair, well-bred and reason-able way, for the purpose ofrecreation and as a means of increas-ing the table pleasures of ourselvesor our friends, may well regret theapparently unalterable decree whichgives to all those who fish, under thespur of any motive—good, bad orindifferent — the name of certainly have nothing in commonwith those who lish for a livelihooc!,165 A Word to Fishermen unless it be a desire to catch fish. Wehave, in point of fact, no closer re-lationship than this with the murder-o
Fishing and shooting sketches . y>2^. A Word to Fishermen THOSE of us who fish in afair, well-bred and reason-able way, for the purpose ofrecreation and as a means of increas-ing the table pleasures of ourselvesor our friends, may well regret theapparently unalterable decree whichgives to all those who fish, under thespur of any motive—good, bad orindifferent — the name of certainly have nothing in commonwith those who lish for a livelihooc!,165 A Word to Fishermen unless it be a desire to catch fish. Wehave, in point of fact, no closer re-lationship than this with the murder-ously inclined, whose only motive infishing is to make large catches, andwhose sole pleasure in the pursuit isthe gratification of a greedy propen-sity. Nevertheless we, and those withwhom we have so little sympathy, areby a sort of unavoidable law of gravi-tation classed together in the samefraternity, and called fishermen. Oc-casionally weak attempts have beenmade to classify the best of this fra-ternity under the name of Anglers,o
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