ORIGINAL AND SELECTED NOTES, 



ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE COMPLETE ANGLER. 



Previous to entering upon the following- series of illus- 

 trative Notes, it may be advantageous to state what were 

 the books to which the Authors of the preceding work 

 have referred in the course of it; and, so far as they now 

 can be ascertained, to specify the probable editions which 

 they consulted. By doing this Walton's principal au- 

 thorities will appear at one view; and by numbering 

 each article separately, a connection will be formed be- 

 tween them and the following Notes, without the con- 

 tinual repetition of the title of any volume which may 

 be referred to. Walton, by an admirable selection of 

 his authors, was enabled to quote not only the best, most 

 learned, and most popular, writers of his own time, but 

 he also was rendered capable of citing numerous ancient 

 classics, as well as the works of many eminent foreigners, 

 whose productions were generally written in Latin. 

 The Complete Angler was, perhaps, fully as much as any 



