

PREFACE 



To the Second Edition. 



Tins Second Edition is nearly half of it a new book. 



In my First Edition I sought the co-operation of 

 brother anglers. Kindly have they responded, some 

 direct to myself, some through the medium of the Press 

 Many told me things that I had learnt myself in the 

 interim: such matter is introduced afresh in this edition 

 as my own, as it none the less is ; but I thank corre- 

 spondents all the same. Some told me things I did not 

 know : such matter, wherever it appears, is honestly 

 acknowledged by name or initial, both that the reader 

 may know who is the authority for it, where I am at 

 liberty to quote the full name, and also that he may 

 recognize the advantage of the kindliness. 



All such communications as have been made direct to 

 myself, and consequently appear for the first time in 

 print, have been printed in the same type as my own 

 matter. Such communications as have come to me 

 through the Press, even though it may be kindly stated 

 in them that they were penned in answer to my invita- 

 tion, are, as extracts, printed in smaller type; partly to 

 distinguish them from what is quite new, and partly to 

 my book from becoming unwieldy, not in any way to 

 imply less value. 



Of these last communications I have had to clip some 

 not a little because they repeated what was to be found 

 elsewhere in the book. I trust I may be forgiven by the 

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