The Complete Angler, Or Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being a Discourse of Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish, and Fishing; In Two Parts (Classic Reprint)Excerpt from The Complete Angler, or Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being a Discourse of Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish, and Fishing; In Two Parts While he continued in London, his favourite recrea tion was angling, in which he was the greatest profi cient of his time; and indeed so great were his skill and experience in that art t t there is scarce an writer on the subject since his time, who has not the rules and practice of Walton his very foundation. It is therefore with the greatest propriety, that Lan haine calls him, the common father of all anglers g. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |
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