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tispiece would he acceptable, I remembered 

 a captivating picture, by Rolfe, hanging 

 over the fireplace in the hall of a mirthful 

 shooting -lodge in Kent. Leave to have 

 that picture reproduced in " Trout Fish- 

 ing " was given by the owner, Mr. T. J. 

 Barratt, willingly. Indeed, the friendli- 

 ness of all who have helped me in this 

 booh is so enthusiastic that now I have a 

 very real apprehension lest the essay itself 

 should fall short of their expectations. 

 Among these Jriends I include Messrs. 

 Hardy, Alnwich, who made for me the 

 models of the stream flies, and Mr. Robert 

 Anderson, who made those of the lake 

 flies. 



It may be that readers of the little book 

 will now and then seem to catch an echo 

 of somethirtg they have heard or read 

 before. If so, that will be because, in the 

 later days of Mr. Richard Holt Hutton, 

 I had the honour to write a good many 

 articles on Angling in " The Spectator," 

 and, afterwards, others in " The National 

 Revieiv," " The Saturday Review," " TJie 



