PREFATORY. 



The "Salmon Fisher" in all the glory of his triumph is; 

 depicted in the illustration which laces the title page of my 

 little manual. A Salmon on a rod is as difficult to handle 

 as Salmon Angling with a pen ; and if we two, the gaffer 

 and the writer, can but fix the one and the other deftly on. 

 the point of our respective irons, we may well rejoice at 

 the successful consummation. While I am not confident 

 that my treatise will receive the fulsome commendation, 

 hoped tor, I can say this much, that the aforesaid vignette 

 of the gillie gaffing the salmon, which I confess to have 

 prigged from the menu card of the Fly-fishers' Club, ot 

 London, England, done on the nth day of last December 

 under the espionage of the worthy William Senior, of the 

 Field, is the only truly correct representation of the act 

 that I have ever seen ; and if the reader will but contem- 

 plate it con amore before attempting perusal of my book, 

 he will be able to wade through its pages with a greater 

 degree ot interest than he otherwise might. 



CHARLES HALLOCK. 



