The preparation of this edition has been a pleasant task 

 for it has rekindled memories of the far distant Gulf with its 

 fair weather and foul, its balmy air and its beautiful nights, 

 its gorgeous sunrises and sunsets ; and the pleasant compan- 

 ionship of fellow anglers who, it must be conceded, are the salt 

 of the earth. Finally, I will add in the quaint language of 

 Isaac Walton that "I wish the Reader also to take notice, 

 that in writing of it, I have made myself a recreation of a 

 recreation/' 



L. L. B. 

 726 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, N. Y. 

 August 1936. 



