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Excerpt from The Angler's Souvenir
Should you wish to know, my dear James, what portion of the volume was written'by your loving brother; I must honestly confess, that. Throughout the greater part of it, I have been little more thana disposer of other men's stuff; putting together and arranging, in something like order, the various communications, both written and verbal, which I have received from several eminent piscatory cha. Racters. Your old school-fellow, Robert Salkeld, of the Gill-foot, who is a perfect anglimaniac - thanks to Christopher North for the word - has contributed liberally; and old Mich. Routledge, the lang-weaver of Laggenby, whom you will recollect as an excel lent fly-fisher and a notorious poacher, has furnished -orally, for he cannot write - some valuable infor mation. Cousin Alick Tweddell, who was just breeched when-you went out to India, has also lent his assistance; and the greater part of the notioe'of the'thames and some of its tributary streams, is written by Mr. Wm. Simpson, a partner in the celebrated firm of Simpson and 00. Several other gentlemen of piscatory eminence have also afforded their valuable aid; but their great modesty, the certain indication of genius, does not permit me to mention their names: Like violets by a mossy stone, more than half hidden from the eye, they are content to difiuse their sweetness unseen. Res pecting the illustrations, I need not say one word.
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