Vlll PREFACE. 



advice : it is upon this idea I have 

 acted throughout the arrangement of 

 this volume, with a determination 

 that I would not fill it with useless 

 details, on the signs of the weather, 

 the habits of fish, acts of parliament 

 relative to angling, &c. these matters 

 being found in works devoted to their 

 especial explanation. 



Portability, conciseness, and low- 

 ness of price has been my aim, and 

 not the swelling of the volume to 

 enable me to charge an exorbitant 

 sum. 



