And now, of sport sufficient for the day. For use, not waste, Man is allow'd to slay; Nor will I, like the miser, wish for more, But tir'd of luck, and wearied out with toil, To HIM, who gave the charter-" KILL AND EAT," CANTO V. ANGLING FOR PEARCH. Time, First of June.-Rural Employments and Scenery.Rustic Happiness.-Rules for angling for Pearch.-North Wind unfavourable to it.-Cruelty of Laws relating to Fisheries.-South Wind favourable.-Sporting Anecdote. -Moral Reflections and Precepts drawn from Angling.— Approach of Night.-Ignis Fatuus. |