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Thus juvenile anglers reach the summit of field sports;

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THEODORE BUCKLEY may be said to have been born a soldier, for not only had both his father and grandfather followed the profession of arms, but it was in a barracks that he first beheld the light, and in a barracks the greater part of his boyhood was spent. Theodore, however, was not born to wealth, his father having served in the ranks-never reaching a higher station; but what was denied in the shape of riches, was, in the eyes of many a fair one, more than compensated by his elegant and noble figure and his gallant spirit. You might have travelled far in " merry England" before meeting with his match for handsomeness and attractive looks, or with a person of more winning manners and kindlier disposition.

The martial spirit, along with the amiable and fascinating qualities just mentioned, grew strong as his years increased in Theodore; and those who knew him best predicted that though a lamb at the fireside he would be a lion in the field, should his king and country ever require his services in battle. Nor was

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