viii Preface. 



At any rate, I have put my notes together, and 

 have done what Burns hinted Captain Grose 

 would do 



" A chield's amang you taking notes, 

 And, faith, he'll prent it." 



To the kindness and generosity of my friend 

 Mr. Seymour Haden, I am indebted for the beauti- 

 ful mezzotint of a Salmon Pool, which he has 

 engraved expressly for this work. Mr. Haden 

 adds to his many accomplishments that of a most 

 observant and successful fly-fisher. 



The woodcuts are from sketches made on the 

 spot by myself during some of my fishing ex- 

 peditions. 



