CONTENTS. 



Weighing fish .... 



Otter . 



Guide to ordering tackle .... . . 



CHAPTER XIV. 



PISHING GEAR AND OTHER SMALL BEER. 



Water-proof wading stockings not recommended 



Short-tailed coat 



Broad-soled ankle-boota .... . . 



Thick socks 



Leech gaiters 



White clothes objectionable .... . . . 



Advantages of wading . . . 



Crocodiles not to be feared 



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CHAPTER XV. 



THE TAME OTTER. 

 Its habit of feeding 

 Its sense of smell under water 

 Origin of its name . 

 Its similarity to the dog 

 Its easy domestication . 

 Its capacity for showing sport 

 Its utility as a means of catching fish 

 Its destructiveness in a wild state 

 Frogs . . ... 



Otter's gullet and mode of feeding 

 Anecdotes about otters . 

 Manner of rearing it ... . 

 Its scientific nomenclature and description 



