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first of the kind published in English ; 

 in fact, he must be looked upon as the 

 pioneer of fish culture and fish preserva- 

 tion in this country. 



Westwood and SatchelPs Bibliotheca 

 Piscatoria was published in 1883, and its 

 reference to Leonard Mascall's book is 

 almost confined to the statement that he 

 took it from Dame Juliana, and spoiled 

 what he took; but this inadequate and 

 somewhat unfair notice is amply atoned 

 for by the excellent reprint of the work 

 which Mr. Thomas Satchell published 

 next year (1884) with a preface and glos- 

 sary. This reprint is now out of print, 

 and it was only by a fortunate accident 

 that I discovered its existence, when 

 looking over the catalogue of a private 

 collection of angling books belonging to 

 my friend Mr. W. B. Adlington, who very 

 kindly lent his copy to me. 



Having for many years advocated the 

 introduction into this country of some of 

 the Continental methods of fish culture 

 more especially with reference to what 

 the Germans call summer spawning fish, 

 to distinguish them from the salmon 

 and trout which spawn in the winter 

 months I was delighted to find that 

 Mascall had done the same thing four 

 centuries ago. There is pretty clear 



