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[In passing from the study of fishing-tackle to the study of 

 fish the history, that is, of the various Salmon and Trout 

 species, forming a useful prelude to the more practical business 

 of catching them I shall endeavour to avoid unnecessary 

 technicalities, and to present the subject from the point of 

 view in which it most naturally appeals to the angler, or 

 ' Angler-Naturalist.' H. C.-P.] 



