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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. 



THE SWIMMING OF FISHES . . ib. 



The tail the great instrument of motion . . 53 



The swim bladder . . . 54 



W EIGHT OF FISHES . . . . .56 



Method of estimating this . . 57 



PRACTICAL LESSONS IN ANGLING . . 58 



.Arrangement of the Lessons . . ib. 



RIVER ANGLING . . . . . ib. 



Peculiar characters of different Rivers . . 59 



ANGLING FOR TROUT . . . ib. 



Varieties of Trout . . . ib. 

 Spawning, Seasons, and Haunts of Trout . . 60 



Variations in different Rivers . ib. 



T routing Rods . . . . . 62 



Directions by Dame Juliana Barnes . . ib. 



Directions by Bainbridge . . . 64 



Trouting Lines . . . . . ib. 



Hand-twisting . . . . . . 65 



Gut and Grass .... . .66 



Trouting Hooks . . ... 68 



Kirby Hooks . . . . ib. 



Limerick Hooks ... 69 



Hook-making . . . - . . ib. 



