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len und Aschen in Deutschland und Oesterreich. Weimar, 

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Horsfall ( J. H.) Letters on salmon ladders, reprinted by 

 request from The Field with an introduction. Leeds, 1867. 

 8. 



House. The old house by the river. By the author of the 

 Owl Creek papers. London, Chapman and Hall, 1853 pp. 

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[Contains a chapter on "Trout fishing," pp. 117-131. The 

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Howitt ( Samuel ). The British sportsman ; containing seven- 

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[The plates are dated 1798 & 1799, and it is called a new 

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- Field sports, illustrated in 20 coloured designs. 

 London, 1807. fol. 



- See FIELD. Foreign field sports... From drawings by 

 Messrs. Howitt, etc. 1814-13. 4. 



- See ANGLER. The angler's manual. ..Embellished with 

 twelve plates... by S. Howitt. 1808. 



[ Howitt is said by Bryan (" Dictionary of Painters,") to have 

 been a self-taught artist, distinguished for his skill in designing wild 

 animals and the hunting of them. He died suddenly in 1822.] 



Howitt (William). The book of the seasons, or the calendar 

 of nature. London, Bentley, 1831. 8.; other editions : 1835, 

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[ Contains an angling kalendar for each month.] 



- The boy's country-book ; being the real life of a 

 country boy, written by himself, exhibiting ail the amuse- 

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 London, Longmans, 1839. pp. xi. 308, woodcuts. 12. 



[ A charming description of a boy's life in the country. Chap. 

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- The year book of the country, or the field, the forest 

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12. 



- The rural life of England. London, Longman, 1838. 

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[ Chap. iv. contains, " Favour into which angling has risen of late 

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 of the angler/' Vol. 2, pt. Hi., chap, xii., " Effect of angling on the 

 spirits.''] 



