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GENERAL INDEX. 



Immense amount of eels sold in London, 



217. 



Introduction, 9-12. 



Introductory remarks on angling, 13-19. 

 Introduction of pike into England, 115. 

 Instructions in taking the pike, 134. 

 Ichthyologists on eels, 276. 

 Inhabitants of the Oregon and California 



waters, 292, 293. 

 Inman, Henry, 17, 334. 

 Isinglass from squeteague, 172. 

 Ichthyology for the angler, 396-399. 

 Immense amount of fish in Geneva Lake, 



Wisconsin, 363: in Green Bay, 415. 

 Indiscriminate fishing, 401. 

 Indians spearing sturgeon, 389. 

 In memoria'm, 339-342. 

 Invalids angling at the South. 343. 



Jewsharp and violin, 123. 



Jewels on his head, 201. , 4u. U u- FU1 /, *KJ. 



Joy on the' capture of the sheepshead, Mather, Fred., on the grayling, 369,370. 



97. 



Jew-fish of the South, 357. 

 Jug-fishing, 354. 



Kendall, Capt., kills salmon with an axe, 

 53. 



Keras, experiment on the increase of sal- 

 mon, 55. 



Killyfish, bait -for striped basse, 168. 



Mackerel, 311, 312. 



Mackinaw trout, 311, 312 ; trolling for, 241. 



Materials used in angling, 20, 21. 



Method of procuring worms, 34; of bait- 

 ing with the minnow, 85 ; of trolling 

 for striped basse, 238. 



Mode of baiting worms, 38 ; of baiting 

 grubs, 39 ; of fishing for perch, 145 ; 

 of angling for the flounder, 209. 



Montevideo and Magellan smelts, 247. 



Monsters of the deep, 331, 332. 



Minnows for bait, 35 ; imitated, 88 ; fish- 

 ing for perch, 146, 295. 



Miscellaneous items of interest to the 

 angler, 326-332. 



Mitch el' s description of the trout, 67 ; 

 white perch, 142 ; on the striped basse, 

 161, 162; blackfish, 179, 180; sque- 

 teague, 170,17*. 



Muskellonge, 303-305 ; bait for, 305. 



Mud-pup, 276. 



Mather, Fred., on the grayling, 



Menhaden or mossbunker, the, 382; for 

 bait, 382; method of baiting with, 

 383. 



Method of taking the sturgeon, 390. 



Milwaukiaii's opinion of the siscowet, 

 364. 



Natural squid, 238, 239. 

 Naturalization of carp. 116. 



Kingfish, 174 ; best bait for him, 176 ; i Nelson, Lord, passion for angling, 16. 



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Targe amount caught, 177 ; finest table- 

 fish, 175. 



Kirby hooks, origin of, 26. 



Knots, loops, etc., 260. 



Keese, John D., 340 ; on the black basse, 

 191 ; sheepshead, 195 ; kingfieh, 175. 



Kingfieh of the South, 345. 



Knickerbocker Magazine^ 341. 



Lake-trout, 64, 65. 



Landing-nets, 32, 51. 



Leaders of gut, etc., 32. 



Lady-anglers, 150, 327. 



Leaders or bottom lengths, 260, 261. 



Leaping of the salmon, 53. 



Large perch, 144. 



Length of the striped basse, 245. 



Large haul of striped basse, 163. 



Legislation for protection of carp 151. 



190, 



Necessity of knowing how to make flies, 

 107 ; superior tackle for striped basse, 



Netting game-fish for market, 232. 

 Nets, bait, and landing, 32, 51. 

 Night flies for trout, 105, 106. 

 Night fly-fishing, 326. 

 No quarter for the blackfish, 134. 

 Nobbs's mode of cooking pike, 139. 

 North country angler on salmon, 54 ; on 

 trout, 71 ; on baiting with the min- 

 now, 85. 



Nowell, Dr., an angler, 16. 

 i No danger from the stings of the ray, 



379.^80. 



! Northern and Southern coast fishes, 343. 

 Norris, Thaddeus, angler and fish-cultur- 

 ist, 404. 



Lively description of black basse, 190, Obeying instruction, anecdote, 145. 



191. Observations on angling, 46. 



Lines, description of, 25; for trout, pick- Ocean angling, 268-291. 



erel, sal-non, and basse, 25. Of the hooks in snap-fishing, 132. 



Large quantities of mackerel, 317. j Oliver on fly-fishing, 330. 



Limerick hooks for trout, salmon, basse, | O'Shaughnessy hooks, 27, 251. 



etc., 28. 



; Oswego basse, 190. 



List of illustrations, Part I., 7 ; Part II., Odor of the grayling, 372. 

 8. 



L >casts. bait for squeteague, 35. 



L:nvther on trolling for striped basse 245 

 blackfish, 255 ; weak-fish, 272; white 

 perch, 284. 



L uly-cat, 353. 



Lafayette-fish, 351. 



Lake Ontario cisco, 364 ; Lake Geneva 

 cisco, 361-363 ; Mrchigan and Supe- 

 rior siscowet, 364. 



Lettuce-salad with prawns, 409. 



Low price of sturgeon, 390. 



Paley. Dr., a fly-flsher, 16. 



Palmer flies for trout, 99 ; how to make 



them, 111. 



Painters and poets, anglers, 17. 

 Patience necessary, 33 ; in pike fishing, 



Pastes for bait, 40, 41. 



Perch, the yellow, white, and black, 141, 

 142 ; a good table fish, 143 : white, 

 angling for, 284, 285; in Niagara 

 River and New York lakes, 147. 



