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HANDBOOK OF ANGLING:

TEACHING

FLY-FISHING, TROLLING, BOTTOM-FISHING,

AND SALMON-FISHING ;

WITH THE

Natural History of Riber Fish,

AND

BEST MODES OF CATCHING THEM.

BY

EPHEMERA,

Of “Bell's Life in London."

" I have been a great follower of fishing myself, and in its cheersul solitude
have passed some of the happiest hours of a sufficiently happy life.” – Paley.

LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, & LONGMANS,

PATERNOSTER-ROW.

LONDON: SPOTTISWOODk and Shaw,

New-street-Square.

PREFACE

TO

THE SECOND EDITION.

It is a pleasant thing to a man of honest heart to have an opportunity of trying to pay a portion of his debts. It is pleasanter still to have a liberal creditor, like the public, who will be satisfied with instalments, and even “take the will for the deed.” If I were not aware of the generosity of the public, I should despair of ever being able to liquidate the large claims it has upon

I feel abashed at the success it has heaped upon me, knowing my own unworthiness better than any one else can know it. Humiliated by an undeserved award of merit, I must endeavour to prove my gratitude in the best way I can.

No author has ever been more kindly treated by his public judges than myself. I voluntarily put myself on trial before them, and all of them, without a single exception, have recorded verdicts

me.

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