. 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 added Dies piscatoriae; describing noted fishing-places, and the pleasure of solitary fly-fishing. Fishing; Fishes. TO THE READER. In offering this book for the perusal of those who luay feel suffi- ciently interested in the subject to read works on Angling, I deem it an act of courtesy to say a few words in explanation of the motives which prompted me to commence, and then drew me
. 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 added Dies piscatoriae; describing noted fishing-places, and the pleasure of solitary fly-fishing. Fishing; Fishes. TO THE READER. In offering this book for the perusal of those who luay feel suffi- ciently interested in the subject to read works on Angling, I deem it an act of courtesy to say a few words in explanation of the motives which prompted me to commence, and then drew me on in the prose- cution of a work involving, as it has proved, no small amount of time and labor. Every true lover of angling knows that the pleasure it brings with it, does not end with the day's sport; that besides being " a calmer of unquiet thoughts," for the time, it impresses happy memories on the mind ; and he looks back to many a day, and many a scene, as an oasis by the wayside in the rough journey of life; and like Dog- berry's friend Verges, " he will be talking" when he finds an interest- ed hearer, and may he tempted, as the author of these pages has been, to write of it. Notwithstanding the many books on angling by British authors, but few American works on the subject have yet been offered to the (7). 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 : Porter & Coates
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