CONTENTS. 



CHAPTEE I. 



Citizen anglers — Mr. Pooley — Mr. John Poplin — Scientific 



angler — Self-complacent angler — Harry Otter, . Page 21 



CHAPTER II. 



Salinonidaa — The common salmon — His powers of swim- 

 ming and leaping — Method of spawning — Habits — 

 Passage to the sea — Letter from the author to Mr. 

 Kennedy respecting the parr — The peculiar formation 

 of its eyes, similar to that of a salmon — Mr. Shaw's 

 experiments — Passage of the smolts to the sea — 

 Gilses — Destruction of salmon fry — Injurious effects 

 of heavy spates — Tame salmon — Change of colour in 

 fish — Dr. Stark's experiments — Proceedings at the 

 Literary and Philosophical Society of St. Andrews — 

 Seasons of various rivers — Cairn net — The salmon 

 trout — The grey, or bull trout — Severe contest with 

 him — St. Kentigern, 28 



CHAPTER III. 



Harry Otter — Childish incident — Martha's eloquence — 

 The coy Phyllis — Self-devotion of a fish — Feats of 

 Master Harry — The pet basket — Encounter with a 

 duck — An idle scamp — " I saw young Harry with his 

 beaver off,'' 90 



