NEW WORK BY EPHEMERA AND ANDREW YOUNG. 



Just published, 



THE BOOK OF THE SALMON: 



IN TWO PARTS. 



Part I. The Theory, Principles, and Practice of Fly- Fishing 



for Salmon ; with Lists of good Salmon- Flies for every good 



River in the Empire. 

 Part II. The Natural History of the Salmon, all its known 



Habits described, and the best Way of artificially Breeding it 



explained. 



USEFULLY ILLUSTRATED WITH NUMEROUS COLOURED ENGRAVINGS 

 OP SALMON- FLIES AND SALMON-rRY. 



BY EPHEMERA, 



Author of " A Handbook of Angling ;" assisted by 



ANDREW YOUNG, 



Of Invershin, Manager of the Duke of Sutherland's Salmon-Fisheries. 



Fcp. 8vo. with coloured Plates, price 14s. 



"The book is writtenjin an easy conversational style; and the directions 

 for procuring materials, and dyeing feathers for the construction of flies by 

 far the most important things for a salmon fisher -are succinct, and intelli- 

 gible to every one : and ' Ephemera' is certainly not wrong when he says the 

 list of flies described is the largest and best ever published. The work is an 

 excellent continuation of the Handbook of Angling, and ought to be bound up 

 with it, and carried about in the portmanteau of every lover of the angle." 



Observer. 



" Having treated successfully of the lower branches of angling, * Ephemera' 

 has now taken in hand the noble and exciting pastime of salmon-fishing. 

 Assuming the reader to have read and profited by his former book, the author 

 gives little elementary instruction ; confining his directions to the peculiar 

 differences in throwing the fly and handling the rod for salmon, compared 

 with trout, &c. He then furnishes practical advice as to the rod and line 

 itself, the best modes of fishing a river, the way to manage and land the king 

 of fishes when you hare hooked him, together with an elaborate account of 

 various flies, illustrated by coloured plates. The directions are somewhat 

 minute, which the author intended ; but they are clear, colloquial, and keep 

 up the attention of the reader. The history of the salmon forms a second part, 

 the substance of which is by Mr. Young, though the writing is by * Ephemera.' 

 It contains Mr. Young's views on the natural history of the fish, especially its 

 breeding, and growth during early life." Spectator. 



London: LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS. 



