FOOTNOTES


{1} The MS. was noticed in _The Freebooter_, Oct. 18, 1823, but Sir
Harris Nicolas could not find it, where it was said to be, among the
Lansdowne MSS.

{2} The quip about 'goods and chattels' was revived later, in the case
of a royal mistress.

{3} Sir Walter was fond of trout-fishing, and in his _Quarterly_ review
of Davy's _Salmonia_, describes his pleasure in wading Tweed, in 'Tom
Fool's light' at the end of a hot summer day. In salmon-fishing he was
no expert, and said to Lockhart that he must have Tom Purdie to aid him
in his review of _Salmonia_. The picturesqueness of salmon-spearing by
torchlight seduced Scott from the legitimate sport.

{4} There is an edition by Singer, with a frontispiece by Wainewright,
the poisoner. London, 1820.

{5} Nicolas, I. clv.

{6} _Barker's Delight; or, The Art of Angling_. 1651, 1657, 1659,
London.

{7} I have examined all the Angling works of the period known to me.
Gilbert's _Angler's Delight_ (1676) is a mere pamphlet; William Gilbert,