A self-styled bungler sets out numbered maxims for the angler, starting with whether there are any fish in the river at all, followed by a catalogue of the miseries of fishing. The same dry treatment is then given to chess, with notes on gracious losing and merciless winners, and to shooting and other country pastimes.
Gentle Regency humour that anyone who has fished all day for nothing will recognise. Download the free EPUB.