4 THE EDITOR'S PREFACE. 



fishing for barbel, bream, and tench, and the chapter 

 on fish culture the reader would have found in the 

 former but little of value, and the latter is far behind 

 the present advanced status of fish culture in America. 

 It will be noted that the foot notes, which are all 

 my own, are free from critical comments on the author's 

 views; from which I have designedly abstained, although 

 not a few paragraphs of the text are in conflict with the 

 approved practice of the best American anglers. 



WM. C. HARRIS. 

 NEW YOKE, 1883. 



