CONTENTS. 



THE GENTLE CEAFT. 



CHAP. I"!*! 



I. ANGLINQ AKD ANQLEBS, .... 1 



II. HSH : THEIE HABITS, SENSES, AND HAUNTS, . 7 



lU. THE BOD AND THE BEEL, . . . . 13 



IV. THE LINE, TACKLE, AND EQUIPMENT OF AN ANGLEK, . 22 



BOTTOM-FISHING 



V. POINTS to BE OBSERVED— STRIKING, HOOKING, PLAT- 

 ING, AND LANDING THE FISH, ... 39 

 VI. THE bottom-fisher's BAIT TABLE, . . „ 46 

 VII. WHAT TO EISHPOE, AND 'WHERE — THE HAUNTS OP THE 

 MINNOW, LOACH, ftUlTE, GUDGEON, BLEAK, DACE, 

 ROACH, CHUB, AND BREAM, ... 55 

 VIII. WHAT TO PISH FOE) AND WHERE, CONTINUED — THE 

 HAUNTS OF THE CARP, TENCH, BARBEL, PERCH, 

 EELS, AND LAMPREYS, .... 64 

 :X. WHAT TO FISH FOB, AND WHERE, CONTINUED — HAUNTS 



OF THE TROUT, GRAYLING, SALMON, ETC., . 72 



FISHING m MID-WATEE. 



i. flow t'O PISH FOR PIKE— TROLLING — THE TACKLS, 



QbRQE-HOOiSS, TRADE, BAITS, ETC., 71 



