4 THE WORD ANGLING. 



Some may have opportunities of fishing in a fine river, 

 stored with salmon or trout ; others may have only the 

 convenience of a canal or a pond ; while a third party 

 maybe confined to the sea-side, at a distance from any 

 good fresh-water fishing. I have accordingly treated 

 of angling in these various sorts of waters, under sepa- 

 rate heads, giving the lead to river angling as by far 

 the most interesting, though I have myself found as 

 good sport at sea, particularly in angling for mackarel 

 in a fine breeze, as ever I did even in fly-fishing for 

 salmon, or trolling for trout ; yet sea angling is unac- 

 countably omitted in most books on the subject, pro- 

 bably because the authors had no experience therein. 



I have deemed it more useful to introduce an account 

 of the various tackle, when giving directions for its 

 use, than to make a separate division for this purpose. 



