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pleasing and agreeable to a truly sober and ingenious man, than this 

 of angling ; a moderate, innocent, salubrious and delightful exercise 

 ...It injureth no man,... he being esteemed a Beast rather than a man 

 that will oppose," an exercise, in which " Health and Pleasure go 

 hand in hand." "What can be more said of it," he asks, "than 

 that the most ingenious most use it."] 



Taplin ( William). The sporting dictionary, and rural reposi- 

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 to the sports of the field. 2 vol. London, 1803. plates. 8. 

 [A "superior edition with plates coloured after life/' was also 

 issued at the same time, price three guineas.] 



Taschenbuch. Neuestes vollstandiges und unentbehrliches 

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 title, pp. i26 8. 



Taunt ( Henry W.) A new map of the river Thames from 

 Oxford to London ;...with a guide giving every information 

 required by the tourist, the oarsman and the angler. Illus- 

 trated with 80 photographs. Oxford, Taunt, 1873 ; First 

 edition, 1872. A sheet. 



[ There is also a pocket edition on the scale of one inch to the 

 mile.] 



Taverner ( John). Certaine experiments concerning fish and 

 frvite : practised by lohn Taverner, Gentleman, and by him 

 published for the benefit of others. London, printed for 

 William Ponsonby, 1600. pp. vi. 38. 4. 



[B.L. Aii Fiii in fours. The experiments concern the con- 

 struction of ponds, the treatment, breeding and feeding of fish 

 therein, and the baits for and nature of pond fish. Of the tench 

 the author says " The tench also is very easilie taken in a Bownet, 

 and whoever hath of them in his ponds, it behooueth him to take 

 great heede that he be not deceived by leud people," (p. 21).] 



Taylor (J.) The Trent fisher. Stafford, 1781. 8. 



Taylor ( John Ellor). Nature's bye-paths. A series of recre- 

 ative papers in natural history. London, Bogue, 1880. 

 pp. viii. 408. 8. 



[ Treats of the Norfolk Broads, pike fishing and pike poaching.] 



Taylor ( Samuel ). Angling in all its branches, reduced to a 

 complete science : being the result of more than forty years 

 real practice and strict observation... In three parts. First, 

 describing (among other things) the counties of England, 

 Wales and Scotland...; the rivers and other waters... 

 Secondly, a full description of the different kinds of fish... 

 and how to angle for each ; with many curious, useful and 

 pleasing observations. Thirdly, a list of artificial flies... 

 The whole forming a work... of a very different nature from 



