PREFACE. Xlii. 
into the present work to take the place of an “‘ Addenda,” 
which was merely a reproduction of what the author 
had stated before respecting the various baits suitable 
for each month; in doing so, if an apology be owing to 
my readers, I will plead as an excuse that the first- 
named article is descriptive of a day’s sport upon one of 
the Yorkshire streams with which I have had to deal in 
the present work; and that the latter was written in 
affectionate remembrance of one of the dearest friends 
and companions that I ever had in this world, and but 
for whose influence I might possibly never have had 
occasion to reiterate the expression made use of by 
Mr. Francis, in one of his delightful angling essays— 
“Thank God for making me a fisherman.” 
FRANCIS M. WALBRAN. 
Pool, Wharfedale, 
April, 1888. 
