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weeds 3 let the bait sink, nearly to touching the bot- 

 tom j now draw it gradually upwards, till it is near 

 the surface of the water ; let it sink again j now draw 

 it upwards, and also a little to the right and left -, let 

 it sink again, and draw it up slowly, and step back a 

 little from the water, and gradually draw the bait 

 nearer the shore : all very fair, but no luck ; the next 

 cast-in-search, throw a few yards further out: very 

 well 5 draw and sink, as before, to the right and left, 

 &c. ; but yet, I see, you cannot move a Fish. We 

 will try another place. Aye, here is a likely place, on 

 my word, to find a Fish ! Observe, the sags and rushes 

 are very thick, and reach nearly all round this bend or 

 bay of the river ; and I see there are a few weeds, but 

 they do not appear very strong, and the current and 

 eddy is only strong enough to keep the water lively. 

 Now put on a fresh bait, a choice one. Ah ! let me 

 see J threadle this Gudgeon ; I think this spot deserves 

 every attention. Now cast in your bait, about two 

 yards beyond those sags, directly where I stand. Very 

 well ; that is a neat and fair throw ; draw up slowly 

 and. carefully. Something has snatched or pulled your 

 line violently, you say ? — ^Bravo I you have a rim : 

 lower the point of your rod towards the water, and, at 

 the same time, draw the line, with your left hapd, gra- 

 dually from the winch, that nothing may impede the 

 line from running free, or check the Jack or Pike ; 

 either one or the other of which, at a certainty, has 

 taken your baited hook. — Ah ! the Fish stops ; I see 

 he has not run more than two yards of line out, there- 



