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| Title | Fly-fishing in Salt and Fresh Water |
| Author | Horace Gordon Hutchinson |
| Publisher | J. Van Voorst, 1851 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | Oct 25, 2007 |
| Length | 74 pages |
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