THE author of this volume has taken 

 pains to make it a practical manual for 

 amateur as well as professional anglers. 

 The disciple of Isaak Walton will find 

 that, while the subject matter is con- 

 densed and made free from technicality 

 and literary extension, nothing of value 

 has been omitted. The work covers a 

 ground embraced by no other volume, and 

 will prove valuable as a reference-book to 

 all lovers of the gentle art. 



The extent of the territory and waters 

 referred to does not range beyond the in- 

 land streams and sea-coast of our Eastern 

 and Middle States. Apart from a few 

 kinds of fish that swim in the great chain 

 of Northern Lakes, save Black Fresh- 

 water Bass and Pike- Perch, hardly any 



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