PREFACE. 



THE great partiality I ever entertained for 

 the diversion of Angling, has caused me to pass 

 many a leisure hour in that agreeable pursuit, 

 and to make many observations on the habits of 

 Fishes in general. 



These observations have been extremely useful 

 to me in rny search for sport, and have often en- 

 abled me to carry home a dish of Fish, while 

 others, n> ore acquainted with the Waters, could 

 scarcely get a nibble ; or, at the utmost, had 

 taken only some stnail fry, not worth the trouble 

 of unhooking. 



I do not pretend to have gone over the whole 

 kingdom ; nor am I able to give " the character 

 and tht course of every Stream;" nor can I 

 boast of having caught Fishes, " until I was 

 fairly wearied otit" 1 have, indeed, very fre- 

 quently been u iccaried out" by the abstinence 

 01 iiiobe Fishes I wished should fatigue me by 

 their weight ; and many a day have i had a long 

 walk, under a very sultry atmosphere and the 

 burthen- of my apparatus, as the reward of my 



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