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Ill my preface to the former edition I expressed my 

 thanks to several gentlemen who had assisted me greatly 

 in my work ; alas ! since then one of them has passed away, 

 leaving a void in the angling world which I am afraid it 

 will be found difficult to fill I allude to Mr. Francis 

 Francis, who died at his residence, at Twickenham, on 

 December 24th, 1886. I think I may safely say that 

 there was not an angler to be found throughout Great 

 Britain who did not personally mourn his loss, and no one 

 more so than the writer, who has experienced many acts of 

 kindness at his hands. A tablet to his memory is to be 

 placed in Winchester cathedral a fitting tribute to the 

 name of him who, in my opinion, accomplished more for 

 the benefit of both fish and fishermen than any other man 

 who ever lived. 



F. M. W. 



Pool, Wharfedale, 



February, 1888. 



