PREFACE 



memories, and again suggest the thrill that accom- 

 panies the whirring song of the reel, if the per- 

 fume of the forest can be made almost actual in 

 the imagination, and for the moment all cares, 

 worries, and disappointments be cast aside, I shall 

 rest content. It has been my aim to lead you 

 back to the rushing river, the liquid murmuring 

 and crystal flashing of the mountain brook, or the 

 peaceful surface of lake and pond stirred into undu- 

 lating ripples by the sweet, soft summer breeze. 

 If the perusal of these pages takes you in spirit back 

 to the days when you lived close to Nature, my aim 

 will be fulfilled. 



It is my hope that some of the suggestions set 

 forth in these pages may meet with full approval, 

 and also be of actual service to the reader, and that 

 interest and pleasure will be his in the perusal. 

 Thus is my modest craft, built with that delight- 

 ful labor that physics pain, launched upon its 

 voyage, in the hope that it will receive a hearty 

 welcome from sportsmen and nature-lovers in 

 many a port as yet uncharted in the author's 

 mind. 



A CKN OWLE DGM ENTS 



It has been my good fortune to have associated 

 with me in this undertaking Mr. A. D. Turner, 



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