PROGNOSTICS CONTINUED. IQl 



That regulates creation's Jaws, 



Bills all ill harmony unite ; 

 And is, — T/te universal cause, 



Uf fcv'ry thing that's good and right ; 



TERMS USED BY ANGLERS EXPLAINED. 



Batch, a knot in a hair or link. 



Bed, hairs bed well when they twist kindly. 



Bedding, the body of" an artificial fi}'. 



Break, a knot in the joint of a rod. 



Chine a salmon, cut him up. 



Cock, a f^oat cocks when it swims perpendicular 



in the water. 

 Drag, an instrument to disentangle the line. 

 Fin a rhub, cut him up. 

 Frnsh a chub, dress him. 

 Gi/dard, the Jink ot" a line. 

 Gobbet a trout, cut him up. 

 Grabble, fishincr on the crrabble is \vlicn tlie hne 



is sunk with a running plummet fast to the 



bottom, so that tlic hook-link plays in the water. 

 Hang ajlsh, iiook him. 

 Kink, a line kinks in trowling, when it is twisted 



between the top of the rod and tlie ring. 

 Lease of fish, three. 



Pouch, a pike pouches when heswallowsthe bait. 

 Prime, fislies are said to prime w hen they leap 



out of the water. 

 Shoai, any great number offish together. 

 !Solai/ a bream, cut him up. 

 Splate a pike, cut him up. 



Thrash, any thing which swims down the water. 

 Trounchcon an eel, cut him up. 

 Tusk a barbel, cut him up. 

 Veer your line^ let it off the reel after striking. 



