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in the ponds inTilney Park, Wanstead, by baiting snap- 

 hooks with a Smelt, and also with a Sprat : this has 

 happened in the winter months, at which season Jack 

 and Pike are much distressed for food in ponds ; and I 

 have been told they have been killed by baiting with 

 a small-sized fresh herring, of which I doubt not. 

 Jack are, also, sometimes taken in ponds and other still 

 waters, (but seldom in rapid rivers,) by baiting with a 

 dead frog ; to do which, put the loop of the gimp into 

 the frog's mouth, and draw it out at its tail, exactly 

 the same as if it were a fish-bait ; then draw the hook 

 (which should be a small gorge-hook) close to the 

 mouth, and tie its hind legs to the gimp, and all is 

 ready to fix to the trolling line. If you use a frog for 

 live-bait-fishing, use a single No. 4 or 5 hook, and fix 

 it to the side of the frog's lip, or rather through it ; 

 the frog then will live a long time in the water and 

 swim strong. If a frog is used for a snap-bait, hook 

 it through the skin, on the back. 



Trusting the reader is now made sufficiently ac- 

 quainted with the materials for Trolling, we wiU 

 immediately proceed to the practical part of the art 

 of taking Jack and Pike with rod, line, and hook : but, 

 first, let me inform the London Angler, that the two 

 places most to be depended upon for purchasing live 

 Gudgeons, Minnows, &c. are at Mr. Turpin's, fishing- 

 tackle shop, close to Sadler's Wells ; and Mr. Jacob's, 

 Fishmonger, No. 30, Duke Street, Aldgate. 



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