INTRODUCTION xxxi 



These are the most common methods of taking 

 sea -fish. To describe fully every variation of 

 these and the other less common modes of fishing 

 would take too much space for a work of this 

 nature. The above account may, however, give 

 the reader such information as will enable him 

 to follow with ease discussions in which the action 

 of the various apparatus is dealt with. 



