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that no one could have been kinder or 

 more considerate than he has been. 



I also wish to tender my very hearty 

 thanks to my friend, Mr. Walter Puttick, 

 for the beautiful sketches with which he 

 has embellished this work ; for the care 

 and interest which he has shown in their 

 production ; and, not least, for carrying 

 out my own ideas so well. 



His sketches will make so much more 

 clear and simple my written instructions, 

 that I seem to owe him a double debt. 



Further, I wish to thank very sincerely 

 my friend, Mr. Andrew Smith, W.S., who 

 edited (as a hobby) that excellent, though 

 comparatively short-lived journal, The Scots 

 Angler, and who is the President of the 

 Trout Anglers' Club, Edinburgh; for the 

 humorous and kind letter by which he 

 answered my request to be allowed to copy 

 from the volume of The Scots Angler in 

 my possession, an article which I contri- 

 buted to its May issue, in the year 1897 ; 



