without his landing a single fish. At 

 first he attributed this to his own care- 

 lessness or want of skill, but he rejected 

 this explanation on finding that he again 

 hooked and landed his fish as soon as this 

 period was over. It would no doubt be 

 satisfactory if this annoying trick, which 

 at times frustrates the fisherman's skill, 

 baffles his resource, and sorely tries his 

 patience, could be explained in the manner 

 here suggested ; but it must at once 

 be admitted that no such conclusion is 

 warranted by the evidence at present 

 available. It might, however, make a 

 useful and interesting subject for inde- 

 pendent inquiry. 



Possible None of those who have answered 



r these questions make any reference, when 

 dealing with the effect of sunshine, to the 

 particular influence of a solar eclipse. 

 The truth is that such a phenomenon 

 occurs so rarely that fishermen have prob- 

 ably not had the opportunity of making 

 any regular observations on its influence, 

 if it has any, on fishing. As a personal 



