. Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform] : illustrated from nature. Fishing; Fishes; Pêche sportive; Poissons. n ^ I il â¢â --r ;â !- -^i \ 'Si ! INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. On coming to revise the body of this work for a new edition, it was found, as might naturally be expected in a book embracing so large a field, that some errors had crept in, of commission, but yet more of omission; that some opinions with regard to fishes, unknown to the writer through his own observation, quoted from others, are, as verified by his own experie
. Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform] : illustrated from nature. Fishing; Fishes; Pêche sportive; Poissons. n ^ I il â¢â --r ;â !- -^i \ 'Si ! INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. On coming to revise the body of this work for a new edition, it was found, as might naturally be expected in a book embracing so large a field, that some errors had crept in, of commission, but yet more of omission; that some opinions with regard to fishes, unknown to the writer through his own observation, quoted from others, are, as verified by his own experience, incorrect; and that some few things stated as facts, when tried by the same test, are incorrect. To set these right in the body of the work, would have rendered it necessary to reprint and re-stereotype the whole volume; as, by the insertion of new matter, the paging would have been all thrown out of order, and many whole pages would have been entirely destroyed, merely in order to rectify a single word. 1 have therefore judged it best to throw what new information i have gained, into the form of a Supplement; embodying therein the eoifcction of all erroneous opinions which, through want of informa- tii misinformation, I have fallen into; and adding farther instruc- tions âith regard to the implements, and the art of angling. On Trolling for Lake Tvout, and on Fishing with the Fly, very con- siderable additions will be found in this edition; as well as a Table ex- plaining the seasons, bait, &c., of the principal salt-water fishes of our waters. I had hoped to have been able to insert some information concern-. 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 Herbert, Henry William, 1807-1858. New York : W. A. Townsend
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