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CONTENTS. 



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PLAN OF THE WORK x! 



Pleasures of Angling . . . ib. 



The Author's Initiation . . . . xii 



Markham on the Qualifications of an Angler . * xiii 



Practice founded on Science . . . xvi 



THE WORD ANGLING .... 1 



Origin and former use of the word . 2 



ARRANGEMENT OF THE SUBJECT . . 3 



Science and Practice . . . ib. 



FOOD OF FISHES .... 5 



Herring and Salmon have the stomach empty . ib. 



Experime ts of Spallanzani ... 7 



SENSES OF FISHES . . . ib. 



Senses employed in procuring food . . ib. 



Taste in Fishes . . . 3 



Leather-mouthed Fishes .... 9 

 Smell in Fishes . . . ..11 



Denied by Dumeril and others . . ib. 



Paste Baits and Smelling Ointments . . 12 



Ivy Gum . * , . id. 



Salmon Roe ... 15 



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