CHAPTER X. 



An Estimate of the Influence of Walton's Book 

 on Angling and Angling Literature It can 

 Never be Antiquated Has Kept the True 

 Sporting Instinct Alive Diversity of Baits 

 Recommended by Walton His Chapter on 

 Trout-Fishing The Celebrated Fordidge 

 Trout Walton and his Editors What 

 would He think of Some of our Modern Auto- 

 matic Angling Appliances ? His Religion 

 His Reference to Hampshire Streams 

 Notes on other Chapters of His Book A Tip 

 for Dry-Fly Anglers Did Walton Keep a 

 Horse ? His Directions for Bream, Barbel, 

 and other Fishing Fishing-Tackle Makers 

 Mentioned by Walton His Chapter on Fish- 

 Ponds A Drink like Nectar. 



"THE COMPLEAT ANGLER" FROM AN 

 ANGLER'S POINT OF VIEW. 



j)T would be out of place to go 

 fully into the practical value of 

 Walton and Cotton's work in a 

 little book of this kind, but a 

 few general remarks may be admissible. 



Compared with all that had preceded 

 it, it can certainly be said not only to 

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