HANDBOOK OF ANGLING.

LONDON:

SPOTTISWOODE and SHAW,

New-street-Square.

A

HANDBOOK OF ANGLING:

TEACHING

FLY-FISHING, TROLLING, BOTTOM-FISHING,

AND SALMON-FISHING;

WITH THE

Natural History of River Fish,

AND

THE BEST MODES OF CATCHING THEM.

BY

EPHEMERA,

OF "BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON."

(Edward Bedsfallinn)

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

ΤΟ

SH437 757

VINCENT GEORGE DOWLING, ESQ.

WHO,

OF ALL HIS CONTEMPORARIES,

HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST ENERGETIC AND SUCCESSFUL

PROMOTERS OF FIELD SPORTS,

This Work,

INTENDED TO SET FORTH THE THEORY AND PRACTICE

OF

THE GENTLE CRAFT,

IS INSCRIBED,

IN TOKEN OF THE ESTEEM AND REGARD OF

HIS FRIEND AND SERVANT,

THE AUTHOR..

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