CONTENTS. 



FIRST DAY 



PAR8 



Vindication of fly-fishing — Poem in praise of Walton — Distin- 

 guished anglers — Fishing a natural, philosophical, and 

 scientific pursuit — Scenery — Fish possessed of little sen- 

 sibility — Praise of fly-fishing — Field-sports related to natural 

 history — Proposed fishing excursion — Comparison of a river 

 to human life ........ 3 — 17 



SECOND DAY. 



Trout-fishing — Flies — May-fly and gray-drake — Alder-fly — 

 Object of fishing — Escape of a fish after being hooked — Sense 

 of smelling in fish — Baits — The natural fly — Pricked trout — 

 Local habits of animals — Trout of the Colne — Throwing the 

 fly — Trout described — Spots on trout — Perch — Anecdote — 

 Haunts of trout — Evening fishing — Management of a fish 

 when hooked — Flies of different seasons — Fishing season — 

 Difference of the gillaroo from the common trout — Diminu- 

 tion of flies in some rivers — Gillaroo trout found only in 

 Ireland — Parr or samlet — Other varieties of trout — Dr. 

 Darwin — Experiment on trout by Mr. Tonkin of Polgaron 

 — Cause of the varieties of trout — Mule fish — Crossing the 

 breed — Impregnation of the ova of fish — Experiment of Mr. 

 Jacobi on this point — Causes that hasten or retard the 

 maturity of the ova — Why fish approach shallows to spawn 

 — Admiration of the designs of Providence . . 18 — 76 



