PREFACE. 



Juvenile Sportsman, as the old practitioner is, ge- 

 nerally speaking, bv no means communicative ; and 

 I have often witnessed the evasive ansvi^ers of Old 

 Anglers, when applied to on the subject : indeed, 

 it is a very common practice for those who are 

 masters of the Art, to discontinue Angling, and 

 move away, when accosted by strangers or a 

 novice. I have, also, been careful not to intro- 

 duce any thing resting on mere theory, but to in- 

 struct the novice by rules drawn from actual 

 practice, experience, and observation ; arranged 

 in the most plain and intelligible manner ; and I 

 feel highly gratified to find that my endeavours to 

 supply such a work, have been so well received. 

 In this Edition, the whole of the Treatise has been 

 carefully corrected and revised ; and much addi- 

 tional information, relative to Angling, has been 

 introduced, as well as many new cuts and engrav- 

 ings to illustrate and embellish the subject : and 

 to which is added, the Troller's Guide, a 

 new and complete Treatise on Trolling, or the 

 Art of Fishing for Jack and Pike. The only work 

 written expressly on the art of taking Jack and 

 Pike, by Angling, is called the Complete TroUer, 

 written and published about the year 1682, by 

 the Rev. R. Nobbs ; and, as this healthy and de- 

 lightful branch of Fishing is followed with avidity, 

 and preferred, by many Anglers, to every other 



