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always in squally weather, as of some fish 

 darting swiftly right across, and just 

 beneath, the surface. I have watched 

 them for years and have never seen a fish, 

 or found any one who has traced them 

 to fish, so 1 conclude that the movements 

 are not, in fact, to be so explained. I 

 should like to see the subject discussed. 

 All that I am certain about is, that when 

 these eccentricities are about, the basket 

 will not be full." 



Most of those who have contributed to Weather and 

 this volume devote their remarks to the s< 

 salmon and trout, while a few say some- 

 thing of pike and coarse fish. To sea- 

 fishing the references are few. Had the 

 effects of weather on the fisherman, 

 rather than on the fish, been under dis- 

 cussion, sea-fishing must, for obvious and 

 disagreeable reasons, have assumed a far 

 more important place. As it is, however, 

 even the marine fishes sought by the 

 amateur dwell in most cases at depths 

 commonly regarded as lying beyond the 

 influence of atmospheric changes. This, 



