CONTENTS. 



ADDRESS TO THE READER Page 5 



CHAPTER I. 

 ANGLING. 



Its harmonizing influences. Recollections of Angling in boyhood, its 

 after influence on manhood. Its social tendency. What and Who 

 is an Angler ? Different kinds of Anglers. The Snob Angler. 

 The Greedy Angler. The Spick-and-Span Angler. The Rough- 

 and-Ready Angler. The Literary Angler. The Shad-roe Fisher- 

 man. The English Admiral, an Angler, The True Angler . 27 



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 CHAPTER II. 



GENERAL REMARKS ON PISH. 



Definition. Origin and order in creation. Natural mode of propaga- 

 tion. Habits as regards maternity. Migration. Vitality. Ex- 

 ternal organs. Internal organization. Ichthyology . . .39 



CHAPTER III. 



TACKLE IN GENERAL. 



Hooks. Sinkers. Swivels. Gut. Leaders. Snoods. Lines. 



Reels. Rods. Bow Dipsys 63 



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