VI PREFACE. 



works of nature, we shall be lost in 

 admiration, at the wisdom and good- 

 ness of God, who has made nothing 

 in. vain, and our hearts will be full 

 ef gratitude for the blessings we en- 

 joy ; the change of seasons, with the 

 decaying verdure will remind us 

 continually of our frail existence, 

 and after having passed through the 

 few fleeting years allotted us here, 

 with meekness content and humility, 

 we shall be better prepared to par- 

 take those joys which never fade. 



In offering the following observa- 

 tions to the world, on an amusement 

 already crowded with instructions, 

 from the pen of the pious Isaac Wal- 

 ton, and more modern authors, it 

 may be necessary to remark, thatia- 

 vention has introduced various me- 

 thods of angling, in different rivers? 



