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Transcriber's Notes:

Simple spelling, grammar, and typographical errors were corrected.

Punctuation normalized.

Anachronistic and non-standard spellings retained as printed.

The ERRATA on p. [ix] has been corrected in the text.

P. xxiii corrected "Salmo gairdneri, the Steelhead Trout. [326]" to "Salmo irideus, the Rainbow Trout. [326]" to agree with the actual illustration caption.