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assistance in giving expression to my views and 

 form to my facts. Whatever may be its value as 

 a contribution to the already extensive literature 

 of angling, or whatever practical hints the young 

 angler may derive from this record of the observa- 

 tion and experience of an old " hand," I trust that 

 my humble efforts may at least be recognised as a 

 tribute of my devotion to an art which, in spite of 

 their many foibles and crotchets, has ever linked 

 its disciples, both old and young, in the free- 

 masonry of a genial brotherhood. 



D. W. 



LANARK, April 1885. 



