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THE ANGLER-NATURALIST. 



To induce the Angler to do this, by the avoidance of 

 technicalities and by placing the subject plainly before 

 him, is the aim of the present work ; and if it should be 

 successful only in a very small degree, it will have amply 

 repaid whatever labour has been expended upon it. 



BONES OF THE HEAD OF THE SALMON. 



first campaign, to visit a fishmonger's shop and there examine care- 

 fully the different fish, comparing their gill-covers, teeth, &c. ? with 

 the illustrative diagrams herein given. This will probably be suffi- 

 cient to enable him at least to recognize the three species when he 

 sees them on the bank of the river. 



