. The American angler's book : embracing the natural history of sporting fish, and the art of taking them : with instructions in fly-fishing, fly-making, and rod-making, and directions for fish-breeding : to which is appended, Dies piscatori, describing noted fishing-places, and the pleasure of solitary fly-fishing : illustrated with eighty engravings on wood. Fishing; Fishes. SEA-TROUT FISHING. Before offering any additional remarks on Sea-Trout fishing, it would be well to say something of the fish itself, and caution the reading angler who takes an interest in the natural history of his pre
. The American angler's book : embracing the natural history of sporting fish, and the art of taking them : with instructions in fly-fishing, fly-making, and rod-making, and directions for fish-breeding : to which is appended, Dies piscatori, describing noted fishing-places, and the pleasure of solitary fly-fishing : illustrated with eighty engravings on wood. Fishing; Fishes. SEA-TROUT FISHING. Before offering any additional remarks on Sea-Trout fishing, it would be well to say something of the fish itself, and caution the reading angler who takes an interest in the natural history of his prey, against the old error of Mr. Perley and " Frank Forester," which the latter reiterates in his supplement to the last edition of his " Fish and ; The original error in the volume of his book I have already commented on in my observations on the specific character and habits of the fish. The author in question says, on page 377 of his last edition :— " When speaking of this beautiful fish—which, by the aid of my friend Mr. Perley, of the city of St. John, I have been enabled fully to establish for the first time as an unquestionable inhabitant of our waters—I men- tioned, on page 277, the singular fact that this fish, although it enters every river and estuary on the eastern side of Nova Scotia, and runs up so far as the meeting of the tidal and fresh waters, does not run up into the shoals, or spawn in the gravel beds of any of those rivers. (649). 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 Norris, Thaddeus, 1811-1877. Philadelphia : E. H. Butler
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