FRANK 1 oRKSTKirs 



FISH AND KISin\(i 



L\TK()i)rcT(»i:\ i:i:.mai;ks. 



TO DKAi. witli .'I suliject so wide as the Fish .-ukI Fisiiixc 

 ot" an extent uf eouiitry u:reater than tlie wliole of Europe, 

 streteluij;^ almost from the Aretie eirele to tlie Tn>])ies, 

 from the waters of the Atlantic to those of the Pacific 

 Ocran. niav st-ein, an<l iinU'ril is, in S(»nie respects, a \»>\,\ 

 aii<l pnsuniptuous umhrtakin^. It were so alto^etlu-r. tli'l 

 I pn-trn'l to entrr into the natural lii>torv i.f ;ill. or i\rn 

 "f "iii'-liunilretlth part, of tin- li>h poniJi.ir t<> thi'^ continent 

 11 1' I its adjacent seas. 



Such, liowever, is hv no nuans my aim or intrntion. I 

 write for tlie sportsman. an«l it is tiierefore wiih the 

 Sporting ?'isl» only that I pro|>ose to lUal ; as, in a rcciiit 

 work vu the Fiehl Sports of the same re;<ions, it was with 



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