INDEX. 



603 



New Brunswick, rivers of, 386. 

 Nigger Gen'ral, The, 541. 

 Nipissiguit River, 390. 

 Noonday Roast, The, 497. 

 Nooning, 1st, 503. 



" 2d, 511. 



" 3d, 529. 



" 4th, 545. 



Ohio Salmon, 120. 

 Osmerus viridesoens, 263. 

 Otolithus regalis, 283. 



Pagrus argyrops, 301. 

 Perca flavescens, 114. 



chrysops, 108. 

 Perch Family, 77. 

 Perch, White, 90. 



.Yellow barred, 114. 



Buffalo, 122. 



Fishing, 92. 



Chinkapin, 111. 

 Percidae, remarks on, 77. 



Great numbers of American spe- 

 cies, 77. 



Paucity of European species., 78. 



Distinguishing marks of, 78. 



Migratory habits, 79. 

 Petromyzontidae, 183. 

 Pickerel, Great Northern, 131. 



Trolling for, 133. 

 Pigfish, 289. 

 Pike Family, 127. 



Remarks on, 127. 



Pond, 138. 



Great Blue, 147. 



Little, of Long Island, 147. 



Streaked, of the Ohio, 148. 



Fishing, 139. 



Trolling for, 139. 



Fishing in Eastern Virginia, 143. 



Pliny's, 129. 



Geener's, 129. 

 Pike Perch, 120. 

 Pogonias cromis, 299. 

 Pomoxis hexicanthus, 111. 

 Pomotis vulgaris, 115. 

 Porgy, 301. 



Receipts, 410. 



Dyeing gut, 410. 



Feathers and dubbing, 411. 



Preparing Salmon lines in oil, 349. 

 Redfish of the Gulf of Mexieu, 293. 

 Reels, 71, 312, 348. 



| Repairs, 407, 408. 



1 Roach and Roach-fishing, 161. 



j Rockfish, 81. 



: Rock-fishing on the Lower Rappahar 



nock, 87. 

 Rod-Making, 



Wood and cane used for, 442. 



Tools used in, 443. 



To make a fly-rod, 444. 



To make a tip, 445. 



To stain, oil, and varnish, 445. 



Wrapping, splicing, <fcc., 447. 



To make a rent and glued tip, 448. 



Fly-rod adjusted for light or heavy 



fishing, 452. 

 Ferules, 452. 

 Rods, 72, 308, 345. 



Sac-a-lai, 111. 

 Saguenay River, 381. 

 Salmon-Fishing. 



Tackle for. 



Rods, 345. 



Reels, 348. 



Reel lines, 349. 



How to prepare lines in oil, 349. 



Casting lines, 350. 



Flies, 350. 



Materials for Salmon flies, 352, 



Flies for rivers of New Bruns- 

 wick, 353. 



Flies for rivers of Canada, 355. 

 Casting the Fly- 

 Theory and practice, 356. 



Compared with Trout-fishing, 357. 



The straight ast described, 358. 



Casting over the left shoulder, 361. 



Casting in difficult places, 361. 



Casting in an unfavorable wind, 362. 



Striking and playing a Salmon, 364. 



Gaffing, 367. ' 



Salmon, former abundance in the Tnited 

 States, 206. Great numbers in 

 California, Oregon, and the Bri- 

 tish Possessions, 208. 



Decline of Salmon fisheries, 209. 



Scientific description, 211. 



Natural process of propagation, 212. 



Growth of the young, 222. 



Grilse, 229. 



Mature, 231. 



Size of, 232, 233. 



Instinct of, 233. 



Migration of, 234. 



Leaps of, 235. 



