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Thompson (J.) Handbook of angling. Bristol, 1825. 8. 



Thompson ( William). The natural history of Ireland. 4 vol. 

 London, Bohn, 1849-1856. 8. 



[ Contains valuable matter on Irish fish and the methods of 

 taking them.] 



Thomson (James), The seasons. London, 1728. 8. 



[ In "Spring" there occurs a passage of 49 lines on angling, in 

 which the cunning of the practised angler is as evident as the skill 

 of the poet. It commences : 



" When with his lively ray, the potent sun 

 Has pierc'd the streams and rous'd the finny race, 

 Then, issuing cheerful, to thy sport repair/ tfftr.] 



Thorne (James). Rambles by rivers. The Duddon, the Mole, 

 the Adur, Arun and Wey ; the Lea ; the Dove. London, 

 Charles Knight, 1844. pp.244. I2 -; 



The Avon. London, Knight, 1845. pp.253. I2 -5 The 

 Thames. 2 vol. London, Cox, 1847. pp. 230. 240. 12. 



[ These little works are only admissible by complaisance, and 

 through their connexion with the scenery of angling and some of 

 the streams most renowned for sport.] 



Thornton (CoL T.) A sporting tour through the northern 

 parts of England, and a great part of the Highlands of Scot- 

 land... Embellished with sixteen engravings, by Messrs. Med- 

 land, Pouncy, Landseer, Peltro, etc., from paintings made on 

 purpose, by Mr. Garrard. By Col. T. Thornton of Thorn- 

 ville Royal, in Yorkshire. London, Vernor and Hood, etc. 

 1804. pp. xvi. 312. iv (Index). 4. 



A sporting tour through various parts of France, 



in the year 1802 : including a concise description of the sport- 

 ing establishments, mode of hunting, and other field amuse- 

 ments, as practised in that country,... Illustrated with 

 upwards of eighty correct and picturesque delineations from 

 original drawings from nature, by Mr. Bryant, and other 

 eminent artists. 2 vol. [ London], Longman, 1806. 4. 



[ The Rev. Henry Kett refers to Col. Thornton in the last of his 

 letters "On angling," printed in the New Monthly Magazine for 1820 

 (vol. ii., pp. 627-9). " I conclude this letter with expressing a wish, 

 that you may resemble this renowned brother of the angle in one 

 respect and that is his uniform success. According to his account, 

 as the historian of his own exploits, he always meets with the finest 

 fish ; and such is his infallible skill, that he always catches them. 

 His exertions are equally fortunate when he pursues other diver- 

 sions ; as a Venator and an Auceps ; for no hawks fly so high, no 

 greyhounds run so swiftly, as his own. And I think it probable, 

 that when you have perused all he has said of himself, you will be 

 inclined to add to his fame, and declare, that no archer shoots with 

 so long a bow ! " The references to fishing in the French tour are 

 few and unimportant.] 



