viii PREFACE. 



days that have reawakened the charm of angling which 

 has been to me some solatium for the sorrow and 

 solitude of old age. 



" In ' pastures green ' ? Not always ; sometimes He 

 Who knoweth best, in kindness leadeth me 

 In weary ways, where heavy shadows be." 



The remaining chapters are a bringing together, 

 with sundry alterations and additions, of papers which 

 (as was the case with my other volumes} I have occa- 

 sionally contributed to " The Fishing Gazette" I am 

 grateful for the very kind reception accorded to my 

 previous volumes. This kindness has, perhaps, made 

 me too bold in venturing once more to claim indulgence 

 which I am quite sure is much needed. 



%* The illustrations in this volume are mostly from 

 photographs taken by " Pise 'at 'or Major" and my 

 son-in-laiu, A. C. L. 



A. A. 

 LONDON, 

 February, 1896. 



