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Preface. 



For theology, on the other hand, have we not, inter 

 alia, the work under review ; and for fcience, Davy and 

 his " Salmonia ;" and Yarrell, angler and naturalift in 

 one ; and our lateft " angler-naturalift," Cholmondeley 

 Pennell : to fay nothing of the ancients — Aldrovandus 

 of Bologna, and Roman Salviani, and Swifs Gefner, in 

 whofe ichthyological folios, a frequent chapter, " capiendi 

 ratio" finds quaint infertion. 



And if this be not enough, travels by fea and land, 

 adventures, perils, "hair-breadth 'fcapes" — you may 

 find them all within the range of the angler's book- 

 fhelf, fo that we ceafe to wonder at the fact, that, 

 in almoft every large and miscellaneous library (even 

 where the owners are not profeiTed Pifcatorians), a 

 nucleus of angling-books forms an important and 

 efteemed feature. 



Much more might be faid on this topic, and indeed 



ftream, till death fevered the union. Peace be to their memory! and 

 honour, and the love of all true anglers ! Coquet may be a brave 

 ftream, but they have enhanced its bravery; about all its turns and 

 windings, along its fheep-dotted haughs, amongft its rocks and 

 boulders, wherever the trout dimples the eddies, and the midge and 

 the " red-heckle " fall like thiftle-down on its pools, (hall linger, 

 henceforth and for ever, the memory of their Garlands, lending a 

 human charm and a new glory, neither " of wood nor water born," 

 to the miracle of its fairnefs. 



