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CONTENTS. 



Paste Baits and Smelling Ointments . 



Ivy Gum 



Salmon Roe 

 Vision of Fishes 



Nearsightedness .... 

 Attention to Colours in Angling 



Gervase Markham's directions 

 Hearing of Fishes 



Researches of John Hunter 



Remarks of Weber and De Blainville . 

 Natural Food of Fishes 



Spawn a favourite dainty 

 Great Fecundity of Fishes 



Experiments of Mr. Harmer . 



Table of results .... 

 Voracity and Cannibalism of Fishes . 



Anecdotes of Pikes 



Perches of the Lake of Geneva 

 Water Insects and other Live Food 



Grubs and maggots 

 Caddis-worms, Cad-bait, or Ruff-coats 



Interesting economy of these 

 Grubs of Day Flies and other Insects 



Figures of these 



Blood worm and its gnat 

 Shell Fish .... 



Gillaroo trout of Ireland . 

 Water Flies .... 



Day flies as observed by Reaumur . 



Land insects swept into the water 

 Anglers' Imitative Devices 



Pretended imitations . 



