CONTENTS. 



Page 



PLAN OF THE WORK .... xiii 

 Pleasures of Angling . . ib. 



The Author's Initiation .... xir 

 Markham on the Qualifications of an Angler . . xv 

 Practice founded on Science . . . xviii 



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. 



Experiments of Spallanzani . .7 



SENSES OF FISHES . . . ib. 



Senses employed in procuring food . . . ib. 



Taste in Fishes . . . . 8 



Leather-mouthed Fishes . ... 9 



Smell in Fishes . . . .11 



Denied by Dumeril and others . . ib. 



M373489 



