vi PREFACE 



monster figured and referred to, but that in the early "thirties" 

 the Earl of Home, grandfather of the present peer, killed by rod 

 a fish of 69| Ib. A letter on the subject of Tweed fish and 

 referring to this great example, written by Lord Dunglass' great 

 grandfather, and shown to me, is dated 1835. 



W. L. C. 



SOUTH BANK, 

 EDINBURGH, September, 1909. 



