CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. Ancient Anglers and Their Literature . . i 



II. Fish Stories of the Fathers .... 5 



III. The Oldest of Fishermen 16 



IV. The Sea Serpent 19 



V. IzAAK Walton 30 



VI. The Grayling at Caribou Crossing ... 37 



VII. Fishes on the Mountains of the Sea . . 45 



VIII. The Fishes of the Deep Sea .... 52 



IX. Fishes of the Coral Seas 57 



X. Fishing in the Air 65 



XI. Angling for Sharks 77 



XII. The Trout of Los Laurelles .... 84 



XIII. The Golden Trout of the High Sierras, and 



Their Enemies 99 



XIV. The Lure of the Rainbow 103 



XV. The Trout of the Great Forest . , . 117 



XVI. The Trout of the Great West .... 132 



XVII. The Salmon 146 



XVIII. A Fish or an Animal 153 



XIX. The Annals of the Porch Club .... 162 



XX. The Unnatural History of the Sea . . ,174 



XXI. The Unnatural Fate of the Jelly Fish . . 184 



XXII. The Sea Horse and His Sea Ponies . . . 189 



XXIII. The Apaches of the Sea 191 



XXIV. Some Ocean Giants 200 



XXV. An Umbrella of Fishes 206 



XXVI. The Beach Angler 211 



XXVII. On the Trail of the Sailfish .... 216 



XXVIII. An Ocean Sapphire 226 



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