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to complete him in his noble art. Published by tlie auth(jr, 

 54, Dean-street, Soho, 1842. pp. vi. 3H. 12°. Reissued as: 



Blacker's catechism of fly-makinjr, anglincj, and dye- 



in<T. Comprising most essential information. Published by 

 the author. Entered at Stationers' Hall, Dec. S, 1JS42 ; [Lon- 

 don], 1843. 16^'.; and again as: 



Blacker's art of fly-making, etc., comprising angling 



and dyeing of colours. With engravings of salmon and trout 

 flies, showing the process of the gentle craft as taught in the 

 pages... Rewritten and revised by the author Blacker, himself. 

 etc. London, 1855. 12°. 



[This title is cnj^nived and there is an engraved and coloured 

 frontispiece of " lly-fishing." In this edition there are 20 engraved 

 plates of flies, fly-making and tackle, of which 18 are coloured. 

 The work is a strange medley of practical usefulness and rhapso- 

 dical extravagance. The instructions for fly-making are peculiarly 

 precise and clear. Some parts of the " Catechism " follow the 

 " Art of angling " word for word ; others are dissimilar. The earlier 

 editions have si)ccimens of the flics' wafered to the page, in this an- 

 ticipating the method of the sumptuous volume, for which anglers 

 arc indebted to Mr. Aldam.] 



Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine. In progress. Edinburgh 



1817. r/t;. 8°. 



[Contains many fishing articles from the pens of Professor Wilson, 

 James Wilson and others, some of which are noticed under the names 

 of their respective authors.] 



Blagrave (Jos.). The epitome of the art of husbandry. Com- 

 prising... directions for the use of the angle, etc. London, 

 Billingsley, 1669, 1675 & 1685. 12°, 



[In the third edition (1685) " Brief experimental directions for 

 the right use of the angle" occupy 12 pages; and "Concerning fish 

 and fishponds, how to improve them," in part ii, 7 pages.] 



Blaine (Delabere P.). An encyclopoedia of rural sports ; or 

 complete account, historical, practical, and descriptive, of 

 hunting, shooting, fishing, racing, etc. London, Longmans, 

 1840. 8°.; revised and corrected by. . .Ephemera ; illustrated 

 by above 600 engravings on wood, 1852, 8°.; illustrated. ..by 

 Leech, 1858, 8°.; and London, [printed at] Edinburgh, 1870. 

 8°. 



[Contains one of the best and most voluminous treatises on the 

 sport.] 



Blakey (Robert). Hints on angling, with suggestions for 

 angling excursions in France and Belgium, to which are 

 appended some brief notices of the English, Scottish, and Irish 

 waters. By Palmer Hackle Esq. London, Robinson, 1846. 

 xvi. 339 pp. 8°. 



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