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INDEX. 



ness, ib. ; angling his favourite re- 

 creation, ib. ; death of Mrs. "Walton, 

 3 ; her epitaph, ib. ; Walton writes 

 the life of Dr. Donne, ib. ; and of 

 Sir Henry Wotton, 4 ; publishes the 

 Complete Angler, ib. ; five treatises 

 on angling before Walton's, 5 ; 

 sketch of Walton's character, 7 ; 

 and mental qualities, ib. ; his 

 Angler, successively improved, goes 

 through five editions in his lifetime, 

 8 ; Walton writes the Life of 

 Hooker, 9 ; and of Herbert, 10 ; 

 the Lives of Donne, Wotton, 

 Hooker, and Herbert, in 1670, 

 were published together, 10 ; with 

 the fifth edition of the Complete 

 Angler came out the second part 

 by Cotton, 11 ; Walton writes the 

 Life of Bishop Sanderson, 13 ; 

 concluding paragraph admired by 

 Dr. Johnson, 18 ; Walton's friends 

 were distinguished characters, 19 ; 

 Walton a Royalist, and one of the 

 persons intrumental in preserving 

 the "Lesser George" for King 

 Charles, 19 ; a high-churchman, 

 20 ; writes a tract in favour of 

 conformity, ib. ; the author of 

 verses, on Dr. Donne, 21 ; began 

 the Life of Sir Henry Saville, ib. ; 

 and to collect materials for that of 

 Hales, ib. ; publishes Chalk hill's 

 Pastoral, 22 ; Walton's death, ib. ; 

 account of his children, 23 ; his 

 circumstances, ib. ; his will, 25 ; 

 Commendatory Verses to, 35, 36, 

 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42. 



Walton, Isaak, the younger, 400. 



Walton-on-Thames, view of, 320. 



Ware, in Herts, view of, 43, 460. 



Wasps, used as baits, 221, 237, 279. 



Wasp-fly, how to make, 145, 425. 



Wasp-nest, engraving of, 279. 



Water, the praise of, 58 ; a medium 

 for sound, 69. 



Water-frogs, nature of, &c., 197, 304. 



Water-rat, 95 ; engraving of, 95. 



Water-snake, account of, 194. 



Weirs, or Stops on the Thames, against 

 Magna Charta, 274 ; destroyed by 

 Dickenson, Lord Mayor of London, 

 ibid. 



Whale, not a fish, 59. 



Wharton, Dr. Thomas, portrait, and 

 account of, 60, 299. 



Wheat, as a general bait, 284. 



Whipping for Bleak, 259. 



Whirling Dun-fly, 409, 411. 



Whitaker, Dr. W., account of, 82. 



White Miller, or Owl-fly, 423. 



Will of Walton, 25. 



Willow, experiment with concerning 

 water, 58. 



Willy, the river, 299. 



Winandermere, reference to, 247. 



Winch, various directions concerning, 

 332 ; its use in salmon and trout- 

 fishing, 171. 



Wind, what is best to fish in, 151 ; 

 where to fish, according to the dif- 

 ferent degrees of, 386, 432. 



Windsor, views near, 84. 



Wolsey Bridge, 369. 



Woodcock-fly. See Oak-fly. 



Worms, names of, and directions con- 

 cerning, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 

 135, 183, 184, 185, 215, 221, 228, 

 258, 277, 437, 439, 440; fly- 

 fishing with, 131 ; various names 

 of, ib.; to recover sick, 133 ; en- 

 graving of, 132. 



Worsted and Crewels, for dubbing, 

 150. 



Wotton, Sir H., account of, 14 ; his 

 Fishing House, 84 ; portrait of, 86 ; 

 references to, 260, 314, 316. 



Wye, Two Rivers of that name, 

 notice of, 32, 182, 176, 370, 

 473. 



Xenophon, reference to, 56. 



YeHow-Dun fly, 145, 411. 

 Yellow dye for feathers, 418. 



Zeus Opah, engraving of, 300. 



