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THE

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 VARIOUS MODES ADOPTED IN OCEAN, RIVER, LAKE, AND POND FISHING;
THE USUAL TACKLE AND BAITS REQUIRED; INSTRUCTIONS IN THE ART

OF MAKING ARTIFICIAL FLIES; METHODS OF MAKING FISH
PONDS, TRANSPORTATION OF FISH, ETC., ETC., ETC.

Third Edition,

REVISED, CORRECTED, AND GREATLY IMPROVED, WITH THE ADDITION OF

A SECOND PART,

CONTAINING OVER ONE HUNDRED PAGES OF USEFUL AND INSTRUCTIVE INFORMATION,

HANDSOMELY ILLUSTRATED WITH TWENTY ENGRAVINGS
OF THE PRINCIPAL ANGLE FISH OF AMERICA, AND
EMBELLISHED WITH NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS

ON STEEL, STONE, AND WOOD, BY

THE BEST ARTISTS.

NEW YORK:

H. LONG & BROTHER, 43 ANN STREET,

JOHN J. BROWN & Co., ANGLER'S DEPOT, 103 FULTON STREET.

AND

Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1849, by

JOHN J. BROWN,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York,

R. CRAIGHEAD, PRINTER AND STEREOTYPER,
112 FULTON STREET, NEW YORK