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TRACTICAL LESSONS IN ANGLING. 



The beginner who has made himself acquainted 

 with what I have above stated respecting the food, 

 haunts, and feeding time of fishes, will be in some 

 measure prepared to understand the lessons I now pur- 

 pose to give, with reference to particular waters, and to 

 various species of fish ; for though some principles 

 apply generally to all the branches of the art, there are 

 many peculiarities which require to be studied. To 

 some of these I shall direct the special attention of the 

 young angler, and leave him to perfect his skill by 

 practice and experience. I shall arrange my lessons 

 under the several heads of river, canal, pond, lake, and 

 sea- angling. 



RIVER ANGLING. 



The peculiar character of a river depends upon the 

 sources of its waters, and the sort of country it runs 

 through. The Aar, the Rhine, and other rivers which 

 rise in the Alps, are of a clear bright greenish blue ; 

 the Dee, the Tweed, and others which rise in sub- 

 alpine countries are dark brown, often in floods ap- 

 proaching to black ; and the Thames, the Seine, the 

 Moselle, and the Maese, which derive the greater portion 

 of their waters from a cultivated country, are usually 

 more or less brownish yellow, in consequence of the 

 clay that bemuds their waters. The usual smoothness 



