INDEX. 



603 



New Brunswick, rivers of, 386. 

 Nigger Gen'ral, The, 541. 

 Nipissignit River, 390. 

 Noonday Roast, The, 497. 

 Nooning, 1st, 603. 



" 2d, 511. 



" 3d, 529. 



" 4th, 545. 



Ohio Salmon, 120. 

 Osmerus viridesoens, 263. 

 Otolithus regalis, 283. 



Pagrus argyrops, 301. 

 Perca flavescens, 114. 



chrysops, 108. 

 Perch Family, 77. 

 Perch, White, 90. 



Yellow barred, 114. 



Buffalo, 122. 



Fishing, 92. 



Chinkapin, 111. 

 Percidse, remarks on, 77. 



Grreat numbers of American spe- 

 cies, 77. 



Paucity of European species, 78. 



Distinguishing marks of, 78. 



iVIigratory habits, 79. 

 Petromyzontidae, 183. 

 Pickerel, Great Northern, 131. 



Trolling for, 133. 

 Pigfish, 289. 

 Pike Family, 127. 



Remarks on, 127. 



Pond, 138. 



Great Blue, 147. 



Little, of Long Island, 147. 



Streaked, of the Ohio, 148. 



Pishing, 139. 



Trolling for, 139. 



Pishing in Eastern Virginia, 143. 



Pliny's, 129. 



G-esner's, 129. 

 Pike Perch, 120. 

 Pogonias cromis, 299. 

 Pomoxis hexicanthus. 111. 

 Pomotis vulgaris, 115. 

 Porgy, 301. 



Receipts, 410. 



Dyeing gut, 410. 



Feathers and dubbing, 411. 



Preparing Salmon lines in oil, 349. 

 Redfish of the Gulf of Mexico, 293. 

 Reels, 71, 312, 348. 



Repairs, 407, 408. 

 Roach and Roach-flshing, 161. 

 Rockfish, 81. 



Rock-fishing on the Lower Rappahan- 

 nock, 87. 

 Rod-Making, 



Wood and cane used for, 442. 



Tools used in, 443. 



To make a fly-rod, 444. 



To make a tip, 446. 



To stain, oil, and varnish, 446. 



Wrapping, splicing, Ac, 447. 



To make a rent and glued tip, 448. 



Ply-rod adjusted for light or heavy 

 fishing, 452. 



Perules, 452. 

 Rods, 72, 308, 345. 



Sao-£l-lai, 111. 

 Saguenay River, 381. 

 Salmon-Fishing. 



Tackle for. 



Rods, 345. 



Reels, 348. 



Reel lines, 349. 



How to prepare lines in oil, 349. 



Casting lines, 350. 



Plies, 350. 



Materials for Salmon flies, 362. 



Flies for rivers of Xew Bruns- 

 wick, 353. 



Flies for rivers of Canada, 356. 

 Casting the Fly — 



Theory and practice, 356. 



Compared with Trout-fishing, -367. 



The straight oast described, 368. 



Casting over the left shoulder, 361. 



Casting in difficult places, 361. 



Casting in an unfavorable wind, 362. 



Striking and playing a Salmon, 364. 



Gaffing, 367. 

 Salmon, former abundance in the United 

 States, 206. Great numbers % 

 California, Oregon, and the Bri- 

 tish Possessions, 208. 



Decline of Salmon fisheries, 209. 



Scientific description, 211. 



Natural process of propagation, 212. 



Growth of the young, 222, 



Grilse, 229. 



Mature, 231. 



Size of, 232, 233. 



Instinct of, 233. 



Migration of, 234. 



Leaps of, 236. 



