SCOTCH LOCH-FISHING. 



CHAPTEE I. 



INTRODUCTORY. 



TT7E do not pretend to write or enlarge upon 

 a new subject. Much has been said 

 and written and well said and written too 

 on the art of fishing; but loch-fishing per se 

 has been rather looked upon as a second-rate 

 performance, and to dispel this idea is one of 

 the objects for which this present treatise has 

 been written. Far be it from us to say any- 

 thing against fishing, lawfully practised in any 

 form ; but many pent up in our large towns will 

 bear us out when we say that, on the whole, a 

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