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INDEX. 



Hunter, Dr., 39. 



Hutchinson's Sproat-bend hooks, 306. 



Ichthyology, a glimpse of, 421. 

 Inde, the, 440. 

 India-rubber dressing, 518. 

 Intelligence of fishes, 18. 

 Items, noteworthy, 517. 



Jamaica Bay, fishing in, 94 ; trolling 

 in, 123 ; Spanish mackerel in, 129. 



Jardine, Sir William, 42. 



Johnson's, Dr. Samuel, plagiarism, 

 156. 



Johnson's, of Boston, rods, 212. 



Jones, William Floyd, 163. 



Josh Billings, lesson by, 191. 



Kelly's, Martin, rods, 212. 

 Kingfish, the, 95, 455. 

 King's Bridge, fishing at, 49. 

 Knots, loops, and drops, 166. 



Ladder, fish, 407. 

 Ladies, fishing for, 52. 

 Lady, catfish, 439. 

 Lake herring, 291. 

 Lamprey, the, 437. 

 Landing nets, 173. 

 Leaping of trout, anecdote of, 417. 

 Leather wading-boots, to dress, 518. 

 Lebault, M., 39. 



Lines, 64 ; for trolling, 121 ; salmon- 

 casting, 212. 

 Ling, the, 495. 



Liver and kidney brochet, 504. 

 Loach, the, or beardie, 428. 

 Long Island trout, 147. 

 Long Lake, red trout of, 262. 

 Loops, knots, and drops, 166. 

 Lycoming Creek, anglers on, 193. 



M'Harg's troll, 299. 



Mackerel, the Spanish, 126 ; the horse, 



135 ; the common, 319. 

 Mackerel, fresh, la maitre d'hote!, 



505.. 



Mackinaw trout, the, 264. 

 Mailed gurnard, 425. 

 Major Henshaw's chowder, 505. 

 Malay emblem of constancy, 25. 

 Marine, glue, 519. 

 Marshfield trout, 147. 

 Maskinonge', the, 277, 441. 

 Massapiqua Lake, fly-fishing on, 162. 



Meats, boiling, 512. 



Menhaden, or mossbunker, 326. 



Mesoprion, the one-spotted, 424. 



Middle Dam Camp, 181. 



Mirage on the St. Lawrence, 335. 



Mitchell, Hon. P., of Ottawa, 205. 



Mitchell, Professor, 83. 



Modern fish-culture, 347. 



Mollychumkemunk Lake, 181. 



Monk-fish, or angel-fish, 433. 



Moosehead Lake, trout of, 261. 



Morland, Thomas, 135. 



Morrison, Captain, 123, 124. 



Mosier, the gafter, 69. 



Mossbunker, or menhaden, 326. 



Moth from feathers, to keep, 519. 



Mountain mullet, 441. 



Mounting salmon-hooks, 310. 



Mouth, the, of fishes, 34. 



Mulled cider, 514 ; wine, 514. 



Mullet, the golden, 100; the striped 

 red, 338 ; the mountain, 441 ; the 

 long-barred, 454 ; the cross-barred, 

 456 ; the silver, or gray, 466 ; the 

 black, 467 ; the red horse, 492. 



Mushrooms, to select, 511. 



Musquitoes, antidote for, 207. 



Nerves of fishes, 26. 

 Nets employed in lake fisheries, 317. 

 New York Bay, fishing in, 58. 

 Noteworthy items, 517. 



Oil for hooks and reels, 519. 

 Ombre chevalier, the, 441. 

 Omelet, a perfect, 501. 

 Oneida Lake, fishes in, 283, 288. 

 Oppian, the poet, 19, 111, 427. 

 Outfit for salmon-fishing, 215. 

 Ova of the salmon, securing, 387. 

 Owasco Lake, fishes in, 283. 

 Oyster industry, the, 341. 

 Oyster or clam fritters, 502. 

 Oysters, scalloped, 504. 



Parr, salmon, 373, 374. 



Pasque Island, fishing at, 76. 



Perch, the, 287. 



Perch, the white, 101 ; of Southern 

 waters, 468. 



Perfume bait of M. Chars, 37. 



Philosophy, fish-hook, 185. 



Pickerel, the American, 266 ; skit- 

 tering for, 277; still-baiting for, 

 271. 



