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that ran them, had widespread close contact with anglers, partly 

 because I was one myself, and my brain held not only a rapidly 

 increasing and almost comprehensive knowledge of the fishes 

 living in our waters, but also a sketchy panorama of the long line 

 of fascinating fishy creatures that from remote ages past had come 

 and gone. After all, one of them was my own remote ancestor. 



