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I. THE SALMON 



The SALMON well known to the ancients Its natural history Salmon- 

 fishing Spearing salmon A "killing" fly Contest between the angler 

 and the fish Salmon-spawning Migratory instinct of the salmon 

 Salmon in Alaska Salmon-fishing in Canada Salmon-rivers in Great 

 Britain Poaching : its evils Economizing the fisheries The sport of 

 "harling" described Catching salmon in Greenland In Finland In 

 North-West America In Lower Brittany The angler's delight.. . . 9-49 



IT. THE GADID^E AND PLEURONECTID^E. 



'White-fish" Description of the COD Its voracity Its usefulness Cod- 

 curing Cod-fisheries in the North Seas Trawling Line-fishing for 

 cod Cod-fisheries of Newfoundland A curious story Value of the 

 cod-fisheries The Newfoundland fishermen The "bultow" mode of 

 fishing The summer shore-fishery Cod-fishing off Labrador Cod- 

 fisheries of Norway The Shetland fishermen The HADDOCK: its 

 natural history "Finnan haddies" The WHITING: its natural history 

 The COAL-FISH and the POLLACK The HAKE described The Pleuro- 

 nectidse, or "flat-fish" The TURBOT, and its fishery The SOLE In 

 good repute among the ancients BRILL and PLAICE Natural his- 

 tory of the FLOUNDER The HALIBUT How caught by the Green- 

 landers 50-99 



III. THE SCOMBERnXffl. 



Characteristics of the Scomberidse The TUNNY : its natural history Notes 

 from the ancient writers Tunny-fishing in the Mediterranean Ancient 

 modes of tunny-fishing Modern modes The " Tonnaire " The "Ma- 

 drague" A scene in the Bay of Palermo The MACKEREL described 

 Its migrations An anecdote from Pontoppidan The SWORD-FISH Its 

 formidable weapon Its hostility to the whale Sword-fish in the Medi- 

 terranean Catching sword-fish Quotation from Oppian The Sicilian 

 harpooneer Fishery in the Strait of Messina 100-120 



