TT PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION. 



I have enlarged the page, bo as to be able to present 



better plates, but I have not enlarged the type to suit. 

 It* I have sinned against printing rules in this matter it is 

 that I may keep my book from being too bulky to be still 

 an angler's companion. 



I have admitted in the contributions of others though, 

 as promised in the earlier preface, I have excluded from 

 nij- own matter, narrative of sport achieved, because I 

 thought it likely to prove interesting, and an incentive to 

 take to Indian fishing. And this it is hoped the Chapter 

 mi Fishing Localities will help my readers to find their 

 way to, as the rest of the book may aid them to accom- 

 plish. 



If old hands, nevertheless, find nothing new in these 

 pages, will they kindly consider that it is mainly their own 

 fault for knowing too much. But why should I apologize 

 to such, 1'ir really good fishermen will not expect to learn, 

 and if they concur, even in part, they are sure to be 

 friendly. 



It only remains to cordially wish you the good sport 

 which this book aims at helping you to obtain. 



H. S. THOMAS. 

 Guernsey, July, 1881. 



