PREFACE* XI 



" Dunrobin, October 6. 1849. 



« Sir, 



" I HAVE to acknowledge the receipt of your 

 letter, and to thank you for the obliging com- 

 pliment you oifer. 



" I wish I were better entitled to it, by 

 entering personally into the details which make 

 the pursuits of the Angler so delightful to him, 

 as I know to be the case in the instance of many 

 of my friends and family, and have full reason 

 to know is more generally so to others. 



" I am persuaded that the work you propose 

 will be highly interesting, as the subject is not 

 confined to the sport ; and the natural history, 

 written by an intelligent observer, after much 

 experience, and observation of the Salmon, can- 

 not fail to deserve attention, and to be attractive 

 for all readers. 



" I am glad that Mr. A. Young's merits should 

 be appreciated properly. I think highly of him, 

 and hope that a change of arrangements, which I 

 intend in regard to the future affairs of the 

 Fishings, may secure the continuance of his care 



