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1、ANGLINGSKETCHESANGLINGSKETCHESByAndrewLang1ANGLINGSKETCHESPREFACESeveralofthesketchesinthisvolumehaveappearedinperiodicals."TheBloodyDoctor"wasinMacmillan'sMagazine,"TheConfessionsofaDuffer,""LochAwe,"and"TheLadyortheSalmon?"wereintheFishingGazette,buthavebee
2、ntosomeextentre-written."TheDoubleAlibi"wasinLongman'sMagazine.TheauthorhastothanktheEditorsandPublishersforpermissiontoreprintthesepapers.ThegemengravedonthecoverisenlargedfromasmallintagliointhecollectionofMr.M.H.N.STORY-MASKELYNE,M.P.Suchgemswererecommende
3、dbyClemensofAlexandriatotheearlyChristians."ThefigureofamanfishingwillputtheminmindoftheApostle."PerhapstheGreekisusingtheredhackledescribedbyAElianintheonlyknownGreekreferencetofly-fishing.NOTETONEWEDITIONThehistoricalversionoftheBlackOfficer'scareer,veryunl
4、ikethelegendin"LochAwe,"maybereadinMr.Macpherson'sSocialLifeintheHighlands.2ANGLINGSKETCHESTHECONFESSIONSOFADUFFERThesepapersdonotboastofgreatsport.Theyaretruthful,notlikethetalessomefisherstell.Theyshouldappealtomanysympathies.Thereisnofalsemodestyintheconfi
5、dencewithwhichIesteemmyselfaduffer,atfishing.Somemenarebornduffers;others,unlikepersonsofgenius,becomesobyaninfinitecapacityfornottakingpains.Others,again,amongwhomIwouldrankmyself,combineboththeseelementsofincompetence.Nature,thatmademeenthusiasticallyfondof
6、fishing,gavemethumbsforfingers,short-sightedeyes,indolence,carelessness,andatemperwhich(usuallysweetandangelic)isgoadedtomadnessbythelawsofmatterandofgravitation.Forexample:whenanothermaniscaughtupinabranchhedisengageshisfly;Ijerkatittillsomethingbreaks.Asfor
7、carelessness,inboyhoodIfished,bypreference,withdoubtfulgutandknotsill-tied;itmadetheriskgreater,andincreasedtheexcitementifonedidhookatrout.Ican'tkeepafly-book.Istuffthefliesintomypocketsatrandom,orstickthemintotheleavesofanovel,orbestowthemintheliningofmyhat
8、orthecaseofmyrods.Never,till1890,inallmydaysdidIpossessalanding-net.IfIcandragafishupabank,oroverthegravel,well;ifnot,hegoesonhiswayrejoicing.OntheTestIthoughtitseemlytocarryalanding-net.
