PKEFAOE. 



Most of the sketches which make up this volume 

 were published in the Albany Evening Journal, at 

 long intervals, during the past three years. Their 

 title indicates their character and purpose, namely, 

 to set forth the " Pleasures of Angling " by detail- 

 ing some of the incidents common to its pursuit. 

 If they shall afford any pleasure to the "simple 

 wise men " who enjoy the innocent pastime and the 

 quiet repose which no other recreation affords in 

 such full measure, I will not regret that they have 

 been given a form which was not originally in- 

 tended. 



G. D. 



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