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a trial of skill. The Angler who practises in the 

 New River, is the butt of the superficial and unre-. 

 fleeting Fisherman, who does not consider that the 

 practice of taking very small Fish is the only way to 

 make a good Angler -. here, the little school-boy com- 

 mences angling, and immediately sees the necessity 

 of using the smallest hooks, a fine light pliable rod 

 and a float to carry one or two small shot, to which is 

 added a single hair line, or he has no chance of killing 

 as many Fish as those about him, and the banks of 

 this stream are generally well studded with young 

 Anglers. The New -River Angler, also, soon finds that 

 he must strike sharp, but with a certain slight of 

 hand from the wrist, or he soon destroys his fragile 

 tackle : thus, being early accustomed to the finest 

 way of angling, he notes the superiority of striking 

 a Fish 3 and when he tries his skill in waters which 

 abound with Fish, either large or small, he is soon 

 convinced that art is superior to strength, and thus 

 becomes a good Angler, from habit and experience. 

 Cads are very numerous in the New River. They are 

 found, during Summer, adhering to bricks, large 

 stones, or sunken pieces of wood, planks, and posts, 

 under water. For a cut of Cads, and the nature and 

 value of them as Baits, &c. see pages 305 and 306. 



