THE COMPLETE ANGLER

OR

The Contemplative Man's Recreation

BEING A DISCOURSE OF RIVERS FISH-PONDS
FISH AND FISHING WRITTEN BY

Xmas 79

AND

INSTRUCTIONS HOW TO ANGLE FOR A TROUT OR
GRAYLING IN A CLEAR STREAM BY

CHARLES COTTON

To the

REVEREND HERBERT HAWES, D.D.

Prebendary 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.