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is justified ; but trout fishing has given me so 

 much pleasure beyond the actual wielding of the 

 rod that I desired to try and pass some of it on to 

 the general reader. The phrase " slippered ease " 

 is Red Spinner's. 



The bulk of the book appears in print for the 

 first time. Some, however, has been rewritten 

 from articles that appeared at one time or other in 

 the Field) or in the Star, Johannesburg. For 

 special permission to use this material, I tender 

 cordial thanks to the proprietors of these journals. 

 The chapter "A 'Berg Stream" (a Drakensberg 

 river) was first published in the late Transvaal 

 Leader, Johannesburg. 



Illustrations are given from photographs 

 kindly provided by Mrs. Basil Turner (formerly 

 Miss Helen Farrar), Johannesburg ; Miss Muriel 

 Farrar, Chicheley Hall, Newport Pagnell; Miss J. 

 Watson, Edinburgh ; Major Fownes, Shrewsbury; 

 Major Wykeham Jones, Bath ; Mr. A. J. Dent, 

 Tenbury, Worcs ; Mr. W. C. Norris, Birmingham 

 (through Mr. and Mrs. Walter Price, Cound 

 Lodge, Shropshire) ; and Mr. George E. Shaw, 

 Deptford Park. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Bernau 

 have prepared the index. 



To all these I offer the heartiest gratitude. 

 They have performed for me tasks which I could 

 not do for myself, as I had to leave for South 

 Africa before the proofs were ready. 



When serving, during the war, in the R.A.S.C. 

 at Deptford Wharf, I happened to be billeted at 

 90, Evelyn Street, Deptford Park, London, S.E. 8. 



