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Excerpt from The Trout Are Rising in England and South Africa: A Book for Slippered Ease My dear B. B., You pay me a signal compliment in implying that I am in some degree responsible for the fact that you set about the writing of this book, for having had the privilege of reading it in the proof sheets, I find it a worthy book, and one that appeals strongly to all the wandering angler that is in me. Indeed there is much of it that does more than appeal to me. When, for instance, you were catching "daddy-ruffes" at Market Drayton or, a little later, pursuing somewhat bigger ambitions on or in the Severn at Cound, I was not many miles away from you engaged in extremely similar efforts. You appear to have had more trout in your early adventures than I (for the further one got down the Severn, even in those far-off days, the greater rarity did a trout become), and there you had the advantage for me. But I am pretty sure that I never let my feelings so far run away with me as to cause me to forget the baiting of my book, and that is where I seem to have had the advantage of you. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.