PREFACE 



The contents of this little volume claim no literary or 

 artistic merit, but simply purport to be reproductions 

 of impressions fixed upon the mind of an angler during 

 his wanderings by the waterside, — worked out while 

 resting upon the river-bank or at the close of the day 

 — endorsed by subsequent observation. 



The lessons taught by friends which Nature has 

 ordained to dwell in the water, by the waterside, or 

 on the moorland, are merely repeated, with the hope 

 that no trust is betrayed, and that the word " Finis " 

 may not sever friendships which have been full of 

 interest, while beguiling many a lonely hour. 



Should these repetitions gain some little attention, 

 and the failures described form a cnart by which 

 perils may be avoided, the object of these pages will 

 have been achieved. 



FRASER SANDEMAN. 



July 1892. 



