GENERAL REMARKS. XV 



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have experienced good sport on apparently up- 

 propitious days, and vice versa. Mild, cloudy, 

 days, little wind stirring, and that from the 

 South or South-west are usually good days ; 

 also a warm day with a misty fine rain des- 

 cending, especially if sufficient to color the 

 water, and just after a smart shower on a 

 summer's evening. 



Should there be on any occasion when you 

 have met with good success any marked pecu- 

 liarity in the day, let me advise you to note it 

 carefully down, as this habit of observation I 

 wish to impress on the minds of my young 

 readers as the most conducive and best means 

 of arriving at a proficiency in the delightful 

 Art of Angling, bearing in mind the Angler's 

 motto, " Hope and Patience" 



