. American angler's guide : or, complete fisher's manual, for the United States: containing the opinions and practices of experienced anglers of both hemispheres ; with the addition of a second Fishing. PREFACE TO PART I The author of the following pages having been situated for a number of years where the necessity of some general inform- ation on the subject of the art of Angling was daily seen, at first conceived the idea of publishing an American edition of Walton's Complete Angler; but on a later and more care- ful perusal of its pages, and that of other writers, it was found that
. American angler's guide : or, complete fisher's manual, for the United States: containing the opinions and practices of experienced anglers of both hemispheres ; with the addition of a second Fishing. PREFACE TO PART I The author of the following pages having been situated for a number of years where the necessity of some general inform- ation on the subject of the art of Angling was daily seen, at first conceived the idea of publishing an American edition of Walton's Complete Angler; but on a later and more care- ful perusal of its pages, and that of other writers, it was found that but little, comparatively, real practical knowledge could be given of the large variety of the fishes of our own country ; he therefore concluded to publish, in a small form, the opinions and practice of the \arious English authors, with remarks, thereon, and such information as could be gathered from American books and American sportsmen. Of the former, very few could be obtained: magazines and philosophical works were searched with but little success ; the sportsmen were consulted, and much valuable information obtained; still there Was a general lack of proper knowledge of the nature and habits of the great body of our northern and west-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Brown, John Jay. New York : H. Long & Brother ; John J. Brown & Co.
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