PREFACE. 



To the Angler. 



J-R promise that you shall not be wearied by 



&& long yarns about the fish that I have caught; 



Y the object is to set your rod bending, and your 



heart leaping. 



Do not be afraid of the natural history. There 

 is not more of it than a good fisherman ought to 

 know, and as it is not very learned I trust it is not 

 very dry. 



To the Non-fisherman 

 lover of Natural History and Pisciculture. 



As you will not care perhaps to wade through 

 the whole book for the bits that may interest you, 

 and as those bits are necessarily scattered where 

 they are applicable, a special Appendix will enable 

 you to pick them out without trouble or waste of 

 time. 



You must kindly excuse the unscientific lan- 

 guage used for the sake of fishermen pure and simple, 



