The American angler . 98 The American Angler great majority of the fishes he willmeet with in his outings. It is hisduty, as it should be his pleasure,when he catches a fish of strange formor markings, to forward it for identifica-tion, either to the United States FishCommission at Washington; to anyscientific institution of the state ofwhich he is resident; or, if these arenot within reach, or the post-office ad-dress of the latter is not known, to theoffice of Thf. , in NewYork city. I have designedl\- omittedthe scientific formula of classification,if such can be said to be
The American angler . 98 The American Angler great majority of the fishes he willmeet with in his outings. It is hisduty, as it should be his pleasure,when he catches a fish of strange formor markings, to forward it for identifica-tion, either to the United States FishCommission at Washington; to anyscientific institution of the state ofwhich he is resident; or, if these arenot within reach, or the post-office ad-dress of the latter is not known, to theoffice of Thf. , in NewYork city. I have designedl\- omittedthe scientific formula of classification,if such can be said to be always con-stant and determined, because the de-tails would be apt to confiise the gen-eral reader, and the subject belongs toa more abstruse work on fishes, thanthis treatise ow those that take thebaited hook is intended to be. The angler, when fishing in troutstreams, will often meet with the stonecats—small fishes that never growlonger than twelve inches and seldomto that size. There are only six speciesrecorded
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