Vlll PREFACE. 



stream fishing. It was from his instructions I 

 began to see things as related to the rapid streams 

 in a new light, and from these I was set a-think- 

 ing on the subject, and though in after years my 

 views progressed and enlarged, and indeed in 

 many respects differed from my early tutor, I yet 

 am now sensible and gratefully so, that I owe 

 my powers of enjoyment with the rod and line, 

 mainly to the early lessons kindly given me by 

 the late Dr. Thorne. 



Should any reader desire a practical lesson in 

 the art of worm-fishing in bright water, I recom- 

 mend him to put himself under the guidance of 

 one DAVID BALE, now I think a letter-carrier, 

 residing at High Bray. He is the best worm 

 fisher I ever saw, and, moreover, is a most civil, 

 indeed I may say polite man, truthful and honest, 

 and will be found a most respectable and well- 

 informed companion to the fisherman, who, I 

 trust, will not forget to well acknowledge the 

 merits of honest old David, now, I fancy, not over 

 well provided with the good things of this life. 



