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GENERAL INDEX. 



Sunflsh, 149, 150. 



Sunny side for trout-fishing, 82. 



Swivels, advantage of, 126 ; for spinning- 

 bait, 30. 



Sea tront or spotted squeteague, 344. 



Seth Green on the grayling, 369 ; on the fly 

 for grayling, 374 ; on fish-culture, 403. 



Scarcity ol fish. 400, 401. 



Schoolcraft, H.R., on the white-fleh, 359. 



Shad from the Hudson to California, 403. 



Simple method of baiting with the min- 

 now, 395. 



Si sco wet, the, of Lakes Michigan and 

 Superior, 364. 



Smith's, Sidney, receipt for a salad, 409. 



Snapper, the red, 344; the black, 345. 



Southern fishes, 343-c57. 



Spot, the, 351. 



Spanish mackerel, the, 376-378. 



Splendid specimen of the grayling, 869. 



Spare not, 384. 



Spawning-lime of fishes, 386, 387. 



Sting-ray, the. 378-381. 



Sturgeon, the, 388-890 ; in the Wisconsin 

 River, 389; in the Winnebago Lake, 

 389 ; iii the olden time, 390. 



Sunday Times on wanton destruction of 

 fish, 401. 



Superabundance of fish, 401. 



Subterranean passage connecting the 

 great lakes of Wisconsin, 363. 



Tackle for sea-basse and porgy, 216; 

 for sheepshead. 197, 198. 



Tameness of the carp, 154. 



Tallow-chandlers' scratchings for bait, 42. 



Taylor on fly-fishing, 78, 79 ; on pike, 97 ; 

 on taking perch, 146. 



Testing hooks, 29. 



Time for taking carp, 154 ; for taking 

 perch, 147. 



The prince of game-fishes, 190. 



The mouth of the sheepshead, 198, 199. 



The cod a delicious table-fish, 205. 



Tools for an^lincr, 43, 43. 



Tom-cod or Frost-fish, 206. 



Toasted cheese, bait for catfish, 308. 



Trajan, the Roman Emperor, an angler,13. 



Transportation offish, 265, 266; perch, 141. 



Trigger-flsh, 292. 



Trolling for black basse on Lake George, 

 192, 193 ; on Lake Michigan, 309, 301; 

 for striped basse at Hell Gate, 168, 

 237; for Mackinaw trout, 242, 243; for 

 pike, 135; lines', 25; for dolphin, 290; 

 for bluefisb. 211-213. 



Trout-rods, 23, 76, 81, 89. 



Trout, the common, 66-114; the lake. 64- 

 66; Mackinaw, 240-244; black, 67; sea, 

 68 ; Salmo Hucho, 70; time of spawn- 

 ing, 70 ; twenty-eight years in a well, 

 73 ; fly-fishing for, 73-80; bush-fishing 

 for, 80-84 ; fishing with the minnow, 

 84-88 ; with worm?, 89-92 ; in clear 

 weather. 92; how to cook, 96, 97; 

 pie, 97: casting the line, 77. 



Trout-basse, or brown basse, 69. 



Trout-flies, 96-107 ; how to make them, 

 10^-114 ; tVathers for, 114. 



Tnrbot, etc., 314, 318. 



Tying hooks, repairing rods, etc., 324.325. 



Tender mouth of the Spanish mackerel, 

 377. 



The blue cat, 353. 



The boys' opinion oh gristle, 389. 



Tourist's guide, 410. 



Transparency of the Cisco, 361. 



Transportation of salmon-ova from Eng- 

 land to Australia, 403. 



Trophy from the sting-ray, 379. 



Two bushels of prawns, 357. 



Up or down the stream, 80. 

 Uncle Jim's reply, 199. 



Van Buren, Martin, 17. 

 Vaulting of the salmon, 53. 

 Velocity of the salmon, 54. 

 Voracity of the pike, 116-119; of the mue- 

 kellonge. 305; of the pike-perch, 297. 

 Virginia hooks, 28. 

 Varnishing flies, 364. 



Walton, Tzaak, on angling materials, 20. 

 Walton on the carp, 156, 157; on baiting 



with the minnow, 88; on angling, 16; 



on poor rich men, 18; on procuring 



worms, 34. 

 Weak-fish or squeteague, 170-173; Indian 



name, 171; a companion of the basse, 



171, 173 ; a drummer, 172 ; spotted, 



172; weight of, 173. 

 Weight of German pike, 118; of American 



pike, 119. 

 Webster, Daniel, an angler, 17; takes a 



cod. 215. 



Washington Irving on Hell Gate, 237. 

 Water souchy, 149. 

 White-fish, 120. 

 White pickerel, 138; fish. 120. 

 White and scarlet fly for black basse, 192. 

 White hackle, or miller, for a cloudy day, 



99. 

 White perch, 142, 284 ; perch and catfish 



angling 284-287. 

 When to take trout, 70. 

 Who fish for trout, 73. 

 White Lake basse. 257. 

 Where to find large trout, 82 ; to find 



striped ba^se, 166. 



Winter fishing at Green Bay, Wis. t 241. 

 Winds, best for fishing, 48. 

 Wolcott's, Dr., advice to the trout. 224. 

 Worms for fresh-water fish, 34; how to 



preserve, 38; fishing for trout, 69, 90; 



Cotton's method. 91. 

 Wotton, Sir Henry, 14. 

 Winter resort for anglers, 343. 

 White basse of Green Bay, Wis., 415. 

 White perch of the South,. 356. 

 White Lake brook, 342, 412. 

 White salmon of Virginia, 353. 

 Where are they ? 410-420. 

 Where the bouita is taken, 386. 



Yarrell on eels, 276; on the grayling, 372. 

 Yellow perch. 140; of New York lakes, 



147; pike perch, 296. 297; pike-perch 



swallows a duck, 295. 

 Young America and the sturgeon, 389. 



