vili "PREFACE. 
T am under compliment to the following gentlemen : 
Francis Francis, of “The Field,’ author of “ Fish-cul- 
ture,” and “A Book on Angling,” has contributed valuable 
suggestions, which I am pleased to acknowledge. 
Tsaac M‘Lellan. To this accomplished poet I am in- 
debted for contributing original verses to head my descrip- 
tions of several among our most important fishes. 
Thomas Tod Stoddart, whose “ Angler’s Companion” has 
afforded me both information and pleasure. 
Emile Blanchard, Member of the Institute and Professor 
of Natural History, Paris. 
James Rennie, M.A., Professor of Zoology, King’s Col- 
lege, London. 
Walter Brackett, Artist, Boston, contributed the Brook 
Trout and Whitefish. 
J.B. Stearns, Brooklyn, E.D. Frontispiece of a Striped 
Bass, photographed from a picture painted by him. 
Seth Green, Mumford, N.Y. Fish-culture. 
Stephen H. Ainsworth, West Bloomfield, N.Y. Natural 
Spawning Race. 
Middleton, Carman, & Co., Fulton Market. Statistics of 
Fishes. 
Gilbert Comstock, Fulton Market—wholesale depart- 
ment. Jisheries Statistics. 
Andrew Clerk & Co., Maiden Lane. Samples of supe- 
rior hes and Split Bamboo Rods. 
Pritchard Brothers, Fulton Street. Artificial Flies and 
tine Bass-reel. 
Mr. M‘Bride, Mumford, N. Y. Fine Trout-flies and 
Stained Gut Lines. 
John Shields, Brookline, Mass. Specimens of excellent 
Trout-flies. 
