PREFACE. 



THOUGH the following pages have been published under the 

 title of "Facts and Fancies of Salmon- Fishing," the Author 

 begs to assure the reader, that the latter term has been intro- 

 duced solely in reference to the diversity of opinion inseparable 

 from a sport of this nature ; and not to anything that partakes 

 of a fictitious character. The "Facts" speak for themselves, 

 and are neither distorted nor unduly exaggerated, but related 

 simply as he remembers them to have happened. 



