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The Compleat Angler is a celebration of the art and spirit of fishing in prose and verse. Walton did not profess to be an expert with the fly, but in the use of the live worm, the grasshopper and the frog "Piscator" could speak as a master. There were originally only two interlocutors in the opening scene, "Piscator" and "Viator"; but in the second edition, as if in answer to an objection that "Piscator" had it too much in his own way in praise of angling, he introduced the falconer, "Auceps," changed "Viator" into "Venator" and made the new companions each dilate on the joys of his favourite sport. (Summary by Wikipedia)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Dedication
10:22 - Chapter 2
Chapter 1 Part I - The First Day
31:44 - Chapter 3
Chapter 1 Part II - The First Day
31:46 - Chapter 4
Chapter 2 - The Second Day: On the Otter and the Chub
15:05 - Chapter 5
Chapter 3 - The Third Day: How to Fish for and to Dress the Chavender or Chub
11:14 - Chapter 6
Chapter 4 - The Third Day continued: On the Nature and Breeding of the Trout, and How to Fish for Him
20:58 - Chapter 7
Chapter 5 Part I - The Third Day continued: On the Trout
29:59 - Chapter 8
Chapter 5 Part II - The Third Day continued: On the Trout
30:44 - Chapter 9
Chapter 6 - The Fourth Day continued: On the Umber or Grayling
04:31 - Chapter 10
Chapter 7 - The Fourth Day continued: On the Salmon
12:23 - Chapter 11
Chapter 8 - The Fourth Day continued: On the Luce or Pike
21:40 - Chapter 12
Chapter 9 - The Fourth Day continued: On the Carp
15:22 - Chapter 13
Chapter 10 - The Fourth Day continued: On the Bream
12:41 - Chapter 14
Chapters 11-13 - The Fourth Day continued: On the Tench, the Perch and the Eel
23:59 - Chapter 15
Chapters 14 - The Fourth Day continued: Of the Barbel
07:50 - Chapter 16
Chapter 15 - The Fourth Day continued: Of the Gudgeon, the Ruffe and the Bleak
04:54 - Chapter 17
Chapter 16 - The Fourth Day continued: Is of Nothing, or of Nothing Worth
11:11 - Chapter 18
Chapter 17 - The Fifth Day continued: Of Roach and Dace
17:56 - Chapter 19
Chapter 18 - The Fifth Day continued: Of the Minnow or Penk; Loach, Bull-head or Miller's Thumb, and the Stickle-bag
06:56 - Chapter 20
Chapter 19 - The Fifth Day continued: Of Rivers, and Some Observations of Fish
06:39 - Chapter 21
Chapter 20 - The Fifth Day continued: Of Fish-Ponds
06:26 - Chapter 22
Chapter 21 - The Fifth Day continued
25:11