CONTENTS 



Address to the Reader . Page 5 



CHAPTER I. 

 ANGLING. 



Its harmonizing influences. — Recollections of Angling in boyhood, its 

 after influence on manhood. — Its social tendency. — What and Who 

 is an Angler ? — Different kinds of Anglers. — The Snob Angler. — 

 The Greedy Angler. — The Spick-and-Span Angler. — The Rough- 

 and-Ready Angler. — The Literary Angler. — The Shad-roe Fisher- 

 man. — The English Admiral, an Angler. — The True Angler . 27 



CHAPTER II. 



GENERAL REMARKS ON FISH. ^ 



Definition. — Origin and order in creation. — Natural mode of propaga- 

 tion. — Habits as regards maternity. — Migration. — Vitality. — Ex- 

 ternal organs. — Internal organization. — Ichthyology . . .39 



CHAPTER III. 



TACKLE IN GENERAL. 



Hooks. — Sinkers. — Swivels. — Gut. — Leaders. — Snoods. — Lines. — 



Reels. — Rods. — Bow Dipsys 63 



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