Trout-Fishing and Sport in Maoriland

Rebound. A very good clean copy. ; xix, [1], 428 pages + 2 frontispieces + 23 plates (2 colour) + 1 full page colour map of New Zealand. "Detached Maps" from the list of illustrations are not present, and also not noted by Bagnall. This copy rebound in green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 206 x 133mm. Contents: Introduction; General Description of the Country; Tackle and Equipment; Casting and Striking; Systematic Division of the Water to be Fished; Playing and Landing; Facts for Trout-Fishers; Artificial-Fly Fishing; Artificial Minnow Fishing; Natural Minnow and Fish-Tail Fishing; Worm, Grub, Creeper, Cicada, Grasshopper Fishing; Lake Fishing; Directions and Explanations for Using the Guide to the Rivers and Lakes; Hints for Approaching Game in Field and Forest; Deer-Stalking; Winged Game; Cattle Shooting; and Pig Hunting; North Island - East Coast, from Doubtless Bay to Port Nicholson; North Island - West Coast, from Ahipara Bay to Porirua Harbour; Middle Island - North Coast, from Cape Koamoru to Cape Farewell; Middle Island - East Coast, from Cape Koamoru to Long Point (Irihuka); Middle Island - South Coast, from Long Point (Ihihuka) to Chalky Inlet; South or Stewart Island - North and East Coast; Middle Island - West Coast, from Cape Farewell to Chalky Inlet; Alphabetical List of the Rivers, Streams, Burns, Creeks and Lakes of Chapters XVI, XVII, XVIII, XIX, XX, XXII, each coast separately. [References: Bagnall H135; Corliss "New Zealand Freshwater Fish & Fishing" pp. 99-100 - "The book covers some 1000 rivers, streams, burns and lakes, and even ignoring the two chapters on shoorting (pp. 143-162) it is still the most comprehensive and detailed guide book on Neew Zealand angling"; Hoar "New Zealand Hunting and Associated Books" p. 48] ; 8vo

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Publisher: Government Printing Office

Year: 1904

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

First Edition

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