Of the special senses of fishes, in relation to the art of angling. No. 1. Vision : a paper read before The Gresham Angling Society / by John Brunton ; J. Theodore Cash in the chair.

  • Brunton, John.
Date:
[1882]
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Credit: Of the special senses of fishes, in relation to the art of angling. No. 1. Vision : a paper read before The Gresham Angling Society / by John Brunton ; J. Theodore Cash in the chair. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    RELATION TO THE ART OF ANGLING. No. 1.—Vision. Paper read before The Gresham Angling Society, By JOHN BRUNTON, M.A., M.D. J. THEODORE CASH, ESQ., M.D. in the Chair. Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen, In introducing this subject to you, it seemed to me desirable to select a paragraph from some writer which wrnuld serve the purpose of a text. I chanced to find one which I think is suitable in the writings of a “ Father ” who was cotemporaneous with our dear old Father Walton. Both are revered, respected, remembered and honoured, and though it may be out of place here to say it, I think it will be admitted that, as contemplative men, their writings are, have been, and I trust always will be, a great moral power for good. At the very time when dear old Walton was enjoying