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INTRODUCTION 



IN days not far distant the exile from Westmorland 

 was accustomed to hear expressions of sympathy 

 because he had left behind him the beauties of the 

 Lake Country. It now becomes more generally 

 known that he has a claim to sympathy on other 

 grounds. There is a part of Westmorland outside 

 the Lake District which has an abiding charm and 

 interest of its own. The following chapters deal 

 with that part of Westmorland the Upper Eden 

 Valley mainly, but by no means only, from the 

 point of view of the fisherman. 



I can claim no inner knowledge of that perplexing 

 art, and must leave it to the expert to appraise the 

 value of the maxims and suggestions contained in 

 the book. From long and intimate knowledge of 

 the writer I shall be surprised if, dealing with a 

 subject of which he has life-long experience, he is 

 not practical in matters of detail and stimulative 

 and suggestive in matters of principle. 



The maxim that the fisherman works rather by 



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