PEEEACE. V 



instance, on the spot where old Isaak Walton lived for 

 many years, to publish it. Moreover, anglers, both old 

 and young, seem ever ready for a new book on angling, 

 whatever form it may assume; and I have been told or 

 read that there are no less than 500 persons in the United 

 Kingdom who make a practice of buying every fresh 

 addition to the literature of fishing. Thus, to say the 

 least of it, by producing this volume I am giving readers 

 and collectors of angling books an opportunity of indulg- 

 ing their respective fancies. 



I shall say no more in what may seem the direction of 

 an apology for my book, for I do not feel that any apology 

 is really needed. I will only add that I shall be quite 

 satisfied if my readers and "brother anglers" receive a 

 tithe of the pleasure in perusing these " Notes " which I 

 have experienced in putting them together. Scribere 

 jussit amor. 



August, 1877. 



