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PREFACE 



In preparing a second edition of this book, I have endea- 

 voured to embody an account of such altered conditions as 

 have come into being since 1909, when the book first appeared. 



It happens that, especially in the north of Scotland, many 

 rivers have changed hands, for the War has had its influence 

 upon even the peaceful sport of salmon fishing. Some of 

 the changes have not materially altered matters or caused 

 any modification in the fishings ; and this is especially 

 the case where tenants of long standing have now become 

 proprietors. But in other instances an entirely new order 

 of things has transpired. The rivers indeed flow on as before, 

 but the anglers, aye and the ghillies one used to know upon 

 the banks, the men who loved these scenes as all true Scotsmen 

 love the land of their fathers, now lie in France or Gallipoli, 

 or in even more distant graves. 



The records of catches in recent years have not always been 

 easy to obtain, yet have been secured as far as possible. I 

 desire here to thank all those who have so kindly assisted 

 me in this way. Where records up to 1920 have not been 

 available, former catches have been allowed to remain as 

 indicative of angling value. At the same time I have embodied 

 the various notes given me by those who, after reading the 

 book in its earlier form, were good enough to add to or correct 

 former records. 



If, in making suggestions here and there as to how particular 

 fishings might be improved, I lay myself open to the criticism 

 that I am dealing unasked with the property of others, I 



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