CONTENTS. XI 



rivers — Baits for grayling — Generation of eels — 

 Migration of eels — The conger eel Page 198 — 2'So 



EIGHTH DAY. 



Scenery — Natural history — Origin of the common 

 house-fly — Bees and ants — The libellula — Ephe- 

 merae — Michaelmas daisy — Humble bee — 

 Thoughts on death, suggested by this insect 



236—256 



NINTH DAY. 



Fishing for hucho — Hereditary instinct — Causes of 

 variety in trout — Salmo hucho — Taking a salmo 

 hucho — Resemblance of the hucho to trout — In- 

 terior of the hucho examined — Habits of the hucho 

 — Pleasure of angling — Cockney fishermen — Lame 

 boy and his boats — Amusements — Sea serpent — 

 Kraken — Mermaid — Austrian method of convey- 

 ing fish — Education — The press — Effect of con- 

 tinuous fishing — Difference of rivers — Angling 

 for frogs — Water ouzel — Umbla — Laveret — 

 Organization of the hucho — Craniology — Fat and 

 flesh of the hucho — Naturalization of fish — The 

 Traun — Colour of water — Colour of the ocean — 

 Waterfalls — Reflections — Tlfe late Mr. B. West 



257—327 



ADDITIONAL NOTES. 



Estimable mention of Dr. Wollaston — On the sup- 

 posed cross breed of the par — On the scolopax 



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