APPEND. 
InTRoDUCTORY.—ON ‘“ Marks,” 
“WueEn I proposed last winter, as a direct outcome of 
a suggestion made by “ Red Spinner” to the British Sea 
Anglers, the compilation of a sea-fishing guide with the 
jomt aid of a number of amateurs, the “ Anglers’ 
Library” was not even contemplated, and L little thought 
how soon I should be allowed an opportunity of putting 
my proposal tothe test. The assistance I have received, 
‘both-from Mr. R. B. Marston (Fishing Gazette) and Mr. 
LW. Senior (Fve/d) in reaching the different gentlemen in 
-possession of the requisite information, and subsequently 
from the latter themselves, has been. most. encouraging,; 
and I think and hope that the joint result of their:contribu- 
‘tions, in which. my own share is very trifling, will be most 
valuable to the amateur who wishes to try a new resort, 
‘or revisit an old after a ‘lapse of. years, in the course 
‘of which maybe new piers have sprung ‘into’ existence, 
old harbours silted up, old “marks”. vanished, old 
‘grounds get fished out. ‘These and many other contin- 
gencies are ever at hand to render the -very latest 
information essential. 
“Marks” are, as has been. altendys explained, the 
means of rediscovering certain submerged patches of 
rock or sand, themselves invisible, which are known to 
‘harbour fish ; and consist in four objects ashore, selected 
on certain principles easy to grasp, through which pass 
two imaginary lines, if possible at an.angle of 90°, to the 
‘eye of the observer seated ‘in a boat moored exactly: over 
-the right spot. ead oR BE i 
