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volumes as practical as possible ; and if the exigencies 

 of this role have involved a certain amount of space 

 being devoted to more or less technical matters which, 

 however necessary and important, are, perhaps, less 

 attractive to the general angling public than to the 

 enthusiastic student I hope the other part of the pro- 

 gramme laid down by the Editor has not been over- 

 looked, and that the following pages will be found to 

 be sufficiently diversified with the lighter matters and 

 incidents of sport to redeem them from being hopelessly 

 ' dull reading.' 



H. CHOLMONDELEY-PENNELL. 



October 1885. 



