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Midland Counties waters. In 1839 T. C. Hofland, author, 

 artist, and fisherman, dedicated the first edition of his 

 British Angler's Manual to Sir Francis Chantrey. This 

 and subsequent editions are enriched with engravings and 

 woodcuts from pictures and drawings by the author himself 

 and other well-known artists. There are few books on 

 piscatorial shelves which more fully accord with the spirit 

 of a true angler and a true artist. 



The year 1840 is associated with three authors of mark. 

 The first is James Wilson (brother of "Christopher North"), 

 author of The Rod and Gun, and contributor of many 

 most genial, entertaining and instructive articles on fish 

 and fishing in almost every branch of the art, to Black- 

 woods Magazine. The second is J. Colquhoun, the author 

 of The Moor and the Loch, which reached its fifth edition in 

 1880. There are few books which are more worthy of the 

 favour with which it has been so Icng received by the 

 naturalist, the sportsman, and even the general reader. 

 Without much pretension to be called a naturalist (so 

 modestly says the author of himself), he has always 

 endeavoured to keep his eyes open as the wilder points of 

 nature were unfolded before him, and no part of his 

 mountain life has given him such unmixed pleasure as 

 watching the minute and tender care of the great Parent 

 of all good in adapting the creatures of the storm to their 

 lonely solitudes, and spreading before them a table in the 

 wilderness. It is this happy mixture of ardour as a sports- 

 man, and fresh devoutness of spirit which imparts so true 

 and lasting a charm to the whole volume. The habits and 

 haunts of birds, beasts, and fish have never been more 

 brightly, truly, and picturesquely described than in these 

 glowing and pleasant pages. Mr. Colquhoun is essentially 

 a gentleman and sportsman ; and he may claim to be the 



