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lishers, Longmans Green & Co., Paternoster Bow, London, 

 in one volume octavo, price 15 Shillings cloth; Thames 

 and Tweed, by George Rooper, Publishers, Cassel Petter 

 and Galpin, London and New York; The Sea Fisherman, 

 by J. C. Wilcocks, Publishers, Longmans Green & Co. 

 London, and if he has not read these books yet, I can 

 only recommend him to do so, as it would be idle for me 

 to go again over ground already so well and so pleasantly 

 described. It is better that I should- confine myself as 

 closely as possible to the Indian side of the subject, and 

 endeavour to give my reader only what he cannot get 

 better elsewhere. Still it is impossible to do so alto- 

 gether, and yet be intelligible to the tyro; when I am 

 more than ordinarily tedious therefore to the practised 

 fisherman, I can only hope that he will give me all he 

 can spare of that commodity of which he is generally 

 believed to have such a plentiful supply, to wit patience. 

 If brother anglers,,reading these papers feel inclined 

 to give me the benefit of their further experiences, I shall 

 hope to embody or quote them in some possible future 

 edition, provided only they will allow me to attach their 

 names and addresses, so that we may not be the victims 

 of practical jokes like the story of the 200 lbs. Mahseer 

 in the Field. The collected wisdom of all anglers in all 

 parts of India might thus grow into a very complete book, 

 sufficient to show the best means of securing the best 

 sport available in different localities in India. 



