Salmonia; Or, Days of Fly Fishing / In a series of conversations. With some account of the habits of fishes belonging to the genus Salmo

by Sir Humphry Davy

SALMONIA:
OR
DAYS OF FLY FISHING.

IN

A SERIES OF CONVERSATIONS.

WITH

SOME ACCOUNT OF THE HABITS OF FISHES BELONGING

TO THE GENUS SALMO.

BY AN ANGLER.

——“Equidem credo quia sit divinitus illis Ingenium.”

FIRST AMERICAN FROM THE SECOND LONDON EDITION.

PHILADELPHIA:

CAREY AND LEA—CHESNUT STREET.

........

1832.

E. MERRIAM AND CO. PRINTERS,

Brookfield, Mass.

TO

WILLIAM BABINGTON,

M.D. F.R.S.

THESE CONVERSATIONS ARE DEDICATED,

IN REMEMBRANCE

OF SOME DELIGHTFUL DAYS PASSED IN HIS

SOCIETY,

AND IN GRATITUDE

FOR AN UNINTERRUPTED FRIENDSHIP OF

A

QUARTER OF A CENTURY.