Preface to Third Edition. vii 



The valuable quarto two-volume work, ' Day's Fishes in India/ 

 having, on his demise, passed into the hands of the publishers, Messrs. 

 Bernard Quaritch, I am under the great obligation of being still 

 permitted to make extracts therefrom, and have accordingly copied 

 from that work my illustrations of the Seetal and the Batchwa. 



Messrs. C. Farlow & Co., 191 Strand, London, W.C., have given 

 me the following thirty-two electros : telescopic gaff, gaff to screw on to 

 handle, gaff to lash on to handle, as figured at p. 19; spring balance, 

 p. 38 ; Dee minnow, baited and unbaited, p. 69 ; Archer spinner, 

 baited and unbaited, p. 72; Chapman spinner, baited and unbaited, 

 p. 72; hog-back fly spoon, p. 128; light-landing net, p. 190; the 

 Jardine gag, p. 209 ; prawn tackle, baited and unbaited, and of two 

 sorts, p. 254; Giri spoon, p. 275; hog-back spoon, p. 275; scale of 

 swivels, p. 278; collapsible line drier, p. 296; knob or button end to 

 rod, p. 301 ', snake rings, p. 302 ; five illustrations of bait cans, p. 307, 

 308; winch case, p. 309; hackle-holder, p. 310; table vice, p. 310; 

 gut twister, p. 311 ; rod box, p. 320. 



Messrs. S. Allcock & Co., Wholesale Manufacturers, Standard 

 Works, Redditch, have given me the following sixteen illustrations : 

 jointed net ring, open and closed, p. 20 triangular net open and 

 closed, p. 21 ; baiting needle, p. 66 j Coxon spinner, baited and un- 

 baited, p. 71 j Rohu hooks, p. 123; Jardine live bait tackle of two 

 sorts, p. 141 ; rod rest, p. 142 ; sizes and breaking strain of rust proof 

 wire gimp, p. 208; disgorger, p. 209; gorge hook, p. 236 j lockfast 

 ferrule, p. 301 ; Norwegian knife, p. 309. 



Messrs. William Bartleet and Sons, Wholesale Manufacturers, Abbey 

 Mills, Redditch, have given me four electros : scale of Limerick hooks, 

 p. 117; scale of Mahseer treble hooks, p. 119; scale of Pennell-eyed 

 Limerick hooks, p. 120; scale of Pennell-eyed Sneck-bend hooks, 

 p. 121. 



The Army and Navy Co-operative Society, Limited, 105 Victoria 

 Street, Westminster, London, S.W., have given me three electros : 

 Geen's Richmond spinner, trout size, baited and unbaited, p. 218; fly 

 scissors, p. 310. 



Messrs. J. Warner & Sons, Wholesale Manufacturers, Hewell 

 Works, Redditch, have given me an electro of their patent wedgefast 

 winch fitting, p. 294. 



Of Messrs. L. Upcott Gill, 170 Strand, London, W.C., publishers 



