PREFATORY NOTE. 



THE contents of the following pages have no 

 pretension to be more than the slightest possible 

 sketches. The subject-matter has, for the most 

 part, been gleaned directly from the waterside, 

 and should be looked upon more as the notes 

 of a naturalist than the jottings of an angler. 

 The paper on Grayling was kindly contributed 

 by a friend, who loves this plucky sporting fish 

 as the Norman William is said to have loved 

 the wild red deer. 



J. W. 



