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not fcare them from your Bait, if your Lines 

 are but of a juft and due Thicknefs. 



Some ufe the pale watery Green, but not the 

 deep Green, for Weedy Rivers in Summer. 

 A Black may do well for Rivers that imme- 

 diately flow from MofTes, and are thereby 

 rendered very black. 



It being impoilible always to have natural 

 Hair of a Colour faitable to the Seafon and 

 Water, ingenious Anglers fupply this Defecfl by 

 dying it to their Minds. To make a Brown^ 

 boil Walnut-Leaves in Chamber-lye ; or take 

 Water, anddiifolve fome Alum in it; or mix 

 ftrong Ale and Salt: la either of thefe foak 

 the Hair well. 



The Inner Bark of a Crab-Tree boiled in 

 Water with fome Alum, makes a pure Tellotv 

 Colour, which is good when the Weeds rot, 

 for thereby the Line looks like the Weeds. 



Another Tellow may be made with two 

 Quarts offmallAle, and three Handfuls of 

 Walnut Leaves ftamped therein. Let the 

 Hair remain till it is as deep as you defire it. 



Tazvny Hair is made with Lin and Water 

 mixed together, by fteeping for the Space of 

 four or five Hours, and then foaking it a 

 whole Day in a Tan- pit. 



For a Rtiffet Colour, take a Pint of ftrong 

 Lee, half a Pound of Soot, a little Juice of 

 Walnut Leaves, and a Quart of Alum: Put 

 them all together in a Pan, and boil them 

 well, and when the Liquor is cold, fteep your 

 Hair in it till it is as dark as you defire. 



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