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The British Angler, or a Pocket-Companion for Gentlemen-Fishers: Being a New and Methodical Treatise of the Art of Angling; Comprehending All That Is

English · Hardback

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Thegreat Dificulty was to find fit¿icie'nt to, add. For this, befides my own Obfiervatzons, which I was not jb vain as to depend much on, unlefi they had the Concurrenee of others, I have gathered up all that I could from the Converfa tion of my Angling Friends, who/e good Nature in this'refideet I cannotbut acknowledge. I have alfo found fornething in one or two bf the mo/t modern Books, which however I have eenfparing in the Ufe of, as thinking it fairer to let theeuthors fpeak for them/elves. Fihe mo]? I have borrowed is on the Articles of Thames and Rock-filhmg, and that I have fo much reduced, that it can be no Prejudice to any larger Account. Alma/t eve ry Angler about London knows as much of the Thames as is nece¿ary, and very few have either Opportunity or Inslination to purfue the other.

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Authors John Williamson
Publisher Fb&c Ltd
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 01.01.2018
 
No. of pages 350
Dimensions 152 mm x 229 mm x 21 mm
Weight 621 g
Subject Guides > Nature

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