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CHAPTER X. 



CONCLUDING EEMAEKS. 



I HAVE now almost exhausted my stock of know- 

 ledge of the art of fishing small and rapid trout 

 streams. I have earnestly endeavoured to trace 

 the principles on which the practice of fishing 

 should be based, and have set forth so much of 

 the art itself as has sufficed to afford me great 

 success. With all the faults of the foregoing 

 pages, I am confident, nevertheless, that there is 

 embodied in one part or another, matter of much 

 value to a fisherman. I place every confidence 

 of the usefulness of my writings on the feeling 

 of having openly, honestly, and candidly, without 

 any reservation whatever, written all that I believe 

 to be of any value from the stock of knowledge 

 which practical experience has given me. That 

 I have fallen short of my primary desire, I am 

 equally sure. I found as I progressed with my 

 undertaking that difficulties increased on me 

 rapidly and amongst all my perplexities none 

 was greater than the task of endeavouring so to 

 explain myself that those uninitiated would be 

 able to understand me and follow my instructions, 



