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their number is not small; most works upon 

 angling being rather amusing than instructive. 

 The angler will not find this the case in the 

 following volume: if he finds nothing instructive, 

 he will certainly find nothing amusing ; and we 

 found our claims to the attention of the angling 

 community solely upon the ground of the infor- 

 mation we have to convey, which we have 

 endeavoured to make as distinct as possible ; 

 and as this treatise is only intended for anglers, 

 we expect that the style and composition will 

 not be very severely criticised. 



EDINBURGH, January 1857. 



