OR

The Contemplative Man's Recreation

BEING A DISCOURSE OF RIVERS FISH. PONDS

FISH AND FISHING WRITTEN BY

IZAAK WALTON

AND

INSTRUCTIONS HOW TO ANGLE FOR A TROUT OR

GRAYLING IN A CLEAR STREAM BY

PRINTED BY BALLANTYNE AND COMPANY

EDINBURGH AND LONDON

To the

REVEREND HERBERT HAWES, D.D

Prevendary of the Cathedral Church of Salisbury,

This Edition of the Complete Angler,

As a Mark of Respect for the Descendant of its venerable Author, and in Acknowledgment

of the

Assistance which he has afforded towards its Completion,

is respectfully inscribed by his most obedient

humble Servant,

N. HARRIS NICOLAS.