Many attempts have been made to account for the love of angling, which is such a powerful factor in some lives, but all in vain; for this love manifests itself in such varied forms, and upon such a variety of objects, that we are forced to admit that what we term angling is really a composite thing, and cannot be easily defined appealing, as it does, to so many opposite tastes and emotions. Thus, one man loves to saunter by silent glens and lonely hills, because he is of a contemplative mind, and, as Burns saysT he muse, nae poet ever fand herT ill by himsel he learned tae wander A doun some trotting burns
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Riverside Rambles of an Edinburgh Angler by Duncan Fraser. This book is a reproduction of the original book published in 1895 and may have some imperfections such as marks or hand-written notes.
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