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THE FATHERS OF ANGLING I 



IZAAK WALTON AND CHARLES COTTON 35 



COLONEL THOMAS THORNTON 56 



JOE MANTON 91 



THE REV. WILLIAM BARKER DANIEL 108 



COLONEL PETER HAWKER 132 



JOHN HOLT, OF TOTTENHAM 154 



"CHRISTOPHER NORTH" 162 



THE COKES OF HOLKHAM 199 



LORD KENNEDY 227 



CAPTAIN HORATIO Ross 243 



ROUALEYN GEORGE GORDON GUMMING 262 



SIR HUMPHRY DAVY 296 



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