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ANGLING IN SALT WATER. 



pout-fisliing ; and they are usually to be had from pier-heads, 

 and even in harbours, if there are a few rocks scattered about 

 the foundation of the jetty. Wrasse are not often specially 

 fished for. 



With these few remarks on wrasse my task comes to an 

 end. It would not have been a difficult matter to fill twice 

 this number of pages with lengthy discourses on angling ; but 

 while knowingly omitting no fact likely to be of use to my 

 readers, I have throughout allowed the spirit of condensation to 

 guide my pen. I venture to hope that the information given is 

 not less than if I had doubled the length of the book. 



