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PREFACE 



TO 



THE SECOND EDITION. 



THE appearance of a second edition of 

 SPRING TIDE affords the author an oppor- 

 tunity of disclaiming what has been attributed 

 to him ; namely, an attempt to imitate the 

 style of honest Izaak, a very venial offence, 

 which, however, he does not acknowledge. 

 He was an angler, and haunted the streams 

 long before he became acquainted with the 

 delightful pages of " The Contemplative 

 Man's Recreation," and his endeavour to 

 describe those scenes in which his youth 

 delighted, must be attributed to that inex- 

 tinguishable love of a country life, which he 

 believes to be a characteristic of many of his 



