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ienfibly run away with the Bait, and not be 

 Icared with the StifFnefs of the Tackle, 



To preferve Hazles, whether Stocks or 

 Tops, from Worm-eating or rotting, twice 

 or thrice in a Year, as you think fit, rub them 

 all over with Sallet-Oil, Tallow, or fweet 

 Butter, chafing it in with your Hand : But a- 

 bove all, keep them dry to prevent their rot- 

 ring, and not too near the Fire, left they grow 

 brittle : And in the Spring, before you begin 

 to angle, fteep them at leaft 12 Hours in. 

 Water. 



That the Reader may remember what has 

 been delivered in thisChapter concerning Rods, 

 I /hall give him a Summary of it in Verfe : 

 Which Method I fhall obferve throughout 

 this whole Book, having myfelf found great 

 Advantage from fuch Memorandum Verfes. 



When now the Sun to Capricorn retreats. 

 And rural Hinds feek out the artful Heats, 

 Awhile th^ approaching Winter-BJaftsyz//?^^/;^: 

 ne future Blifswill quit the prefent Pain. 

 ^hen tender S hoots /rt^;/? the old Hazle take, 

 Strait^ fniooih, and even, free fro7n Knot or 



Break, 

 Search all the Copp'ce, nor fp are the fair e§f 



Tree *, 

 The loaded Roots you of their Burthen free. 

 Prune ihe?n, if notched i z/ crooked, 7nake 



them flrait : 

 The KrAk does this y a gentle Flame does that. 



Then 



