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earliest rod-and-tackle purveyor, a person 

 whom I held in very high esteem. 



I have been kindly admitted to inspect 

 the workshops of Messrs. Forrest & Sons, and 

 also of Messrs. Turnbull & Co., and I can 

 vouch for the fact that they are in a position 

 (each of them) to turn out rods and flies to 

 pattern, equal to those of any firm I am 

 acquainted with. They are both thoroughly 

 practical, experienced, and reliable men, and, 

 for the rest, " Good wine needs no bush " ! 



Mr. Malloch, of Perth, is also an excellent 

 fishing-rod and tackle maker, and of him it 

 may be said that as a practical angler, 

 "what he doesn't know is not worth 

 knowing.' 7 I may add, that he is a stranger 

 to me, save that I have corresponded with 

 him occasionally on business matters, but to 

 leave his name out would seem rather odd, 

 since he is probably one of the very best all- 

 round anglers in the whole of Scotland. 

 On Loch Leven his angling feats are 

 matters of history ; and who does not know 

 the Malloch Eeel ? 



May I venture to add a word of general 

 caution ? It is, to the inexperienced angler, 

 a very valuable word. Mr. Cotton- Walton 

 is a very well-known trout-fisher, and has 

 written a book ; or, like myself, has written 



