IV CONTENTS. 



Pa^e 



Vision of Fishes . . ..17 



Nearsightedness . . . . .18 



Attention to Colours in Angling . 20 



Gervase Markham's directions . . ib. 



Hearing of Fishes . . . 23 



Researches of John Hunter . .25 



Remarks of Weber and De Blainville . 26 



NATURAL FOOD OF FISHES . . ib. 



Spawn a favourite dainty . . . id- 

 Great Fecundity of Fishes . . .27 



Experiments of Mr. Harmer . . . ib. 



Table of results . . . . -29 



Voracity and Cannibalism of Fishes . . 30 



Anecdotes of Pikes . . . .31 



Perches of the Lake of Geneva . 32 



WATER INSECTS AND OTHER LIVE FOOD . . 33 



Grubs and maggots . . . ib. 



Caddis -guorms. Cad-bait, or Ruff-coats . . 34 



Interesting economy of these . . ib. 



Grubs of Day Flies and other Insects . . 36 



Figures of these . . . 37 



Blood worm and its gnat . . . ib. 



Shell Fish . . . . . . 38 



Gillaroo trout of Ireland . . 39 



Water Flies . . . . 40 



Day Flies as observed by Reaumur . . ib. 



Land insects swept into the water . 41 



ANGLER'S IMITATIVE DEVICES . . .42 



Pretended imitations . . . 43 



^Fallacy of these proved . . . .44 



Remarks of Bainbridge and Sir H. Davy . . 48 



TIMES OF FEEDING AND HAUNTS OF FISH . . 49 



Fish are night-feeders . . ib. 



Dark water and cloudy weather . . . 50 



STRENGTH OF FISHES . . . . 51 



Importance of this in Angling . . , ib. 



