INDEX. 379 



Lines, how to fasten to rod and to running-tackle, 11. 



Literature, the study of, recommended to Anglers, 342. — See Hints, &c. 



Live-baits, where sold, 210, 211. 



Lob-worms, where obtained, 297 ; good for Trout, Eels, and Perch, t^ 



London Anglers, great adepts in the art. 111 ; and why, ib. 



Mackarel, how taken with a line, 169. 



Malt, when soaked in water, is a good bait, in some waters, for Roach and 



Bream, 114. 

 Man-of-war, trimmer why so named, 246. 



Marsh-worms, where obtained, 297 ; good for Trout and Perch, ib. 

 Marl, or tag-tail worm, described, 300. 

 May-flies, natural, how bred, 256 ; green drake described, 203 ; grey-drake 



described, ib. ; stone-fly described, 264. 

 Miller's Thumb described, 109 ; how to angle for, 12H ; bait for Eels, ib. 

 Miller-fly is a large white moth ; it is called the miller-fly from the mealy 



substance about its wings and body, 284. 

 IVIinnow, killing bait for Trout, 99 ; how caught, 36. 

 Mole river, described, 333. 



Moss, to scour worms. — See Worms, 339 ; where got or bought, ib. 

 Moon, its effects on the feeding of Fish, 235, 

 Mullet, how to take with a fly or worm, 166. 



Net, for landing Fish, described, 3; another — See the Appendix. 



Net, to keep Fish alive in when angling, 3. 



New River described, 308'; is a nursery for London Anglers; here the ju- 

 venile Angler makes his first essay to take small Perch, Gudgeons, Roach, 

 Bleak, &c. either at bottom, with worms or gentles, or at top, by dapping 

 with a house-fly, or whipping with a small artificial gnat-fly; from thence 

 he proceeds to the River Lea, where, with attention, he may become a com- 

 plete Angler : the New River abounds with small Fish, wthin a mile of the 

 Metropolis: about ten miles off" are heavy Fish, — Carp, Chub, Jack, Pike, 

 Eels, &c. 308. 



Night-lines for Eels, described, 135. 



Night-fishing, how practised, 124, 285 ; but bad for the health, &c. 355. 



Oak-fly, 280. 



Observations on paste, Salmon-spawn, &c., 20. 

 Orl-fly described, when and where found, 281. 



Owl-fly, is the large white moth ; it is called the owl-fly from its resembling 

 an owl in the face and head, 284. 



Page's- water, on the Lea, described, 326 ; and the gull, ib. 



Palmer, plain, directions for making, 265 ; golden or silver, directions for 

 making, 268. 



Pastes, many receipts for, exploded, 18; sweet, for Carp, &c., how made, 19; 

 plain, for Roach, &c., how made, ib.; cheese and greaves paste for Chub 

 and Barl^el, how made, 21 ; patent paste, how made, ib. ; general observa- 

 tions On paste, Salmon, and wheat, 22. 



Perch, a bold-biting Fish, 47 ; tackle fit for, ib. ; numerous in the wet-docks, 

 at Blackwall, ib. ; live-bait for, ib. ; trolling for, ib. ; roving and dipping 

 for, 51 ; remarks on, ib. ; how to fish for, with a live Minnow, ib. ; remarks 

 on, 58. 



