PREFACE 



fLTHOUGH this book is entitled 

 "Angling and Art in Scotland," it 

 must not be thought that it is in 

 any way a treatise upon painting. A 

 parallel is drawn between the art of the 

 angler and that of the landscape painter which is, 

 to my mind, very real and ever present ; but there, 

 as far as the writing of the book goes, the matter 

 ends ; for I have devoted my space to the narration 

 of certain angling experiences and descriptions of 

 scenery which, I hope, may be of interest not only 

 to the angler but to the general reader, and have 

 left my pictures to speak for themselves as illus- 

 trative of the kindred art of landscape painting. 



When the fish are inclined to rise, it is not 

 upon the scenery that the fisherman casts his eye ; 

 nor at such moments does the artist-angler think 

 of pigments and brushes, but rather does his fancy 

 lightly turn to thoughts of flies and the varied 



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