Chap. 3. 77^^ A P P A R A TUS. 37 



Put not above two Plumbs on the Line at 

 once, an Inch and half, or two Inches dif- 

 tant from one another, and the lowermoft a- 

 bout feven or eight Inches diftant from the 

 Hook, for a Running Line, bwt nine or ten 

 Inches off theHook for a Float Line. But if the 

 River run on a flmdy Bottom, and be full of 

 Weeds, with few Stones, Leaden Plumbs in 

 the Shape of a Barley Corn, or of an oval 

 Form, are befl, the Ends being fmooth and 

 clofejaid down, either for a muddy Water or 

 Float Angling. Many, when they angle a- 

 raongft Weeds, place their Lead on the 

 Shank of the Hook, and believe it then not fo 

 apt to entangle. 



When you angle with the Running Line, 

 let the Line have more Lead in a troublefome 

 rough Water than in a Stream that is calmer 

 and quieter -, as near as may be, fo much as 

 will fmk the Bait to the Bottom, and permit 

 it to be kept in Motion, by continually rol- 

 ling on the Ground, and no more. This 

 Rule is to be obferved in Float Angling in 

 Rivers. Some cover the Lead on their 

 Lines with Shoe- maker's Wax, as thin as 

 may be. 



As the T)iy advances, your Pellet or Plumb 

 may be lefTer -, for that will fometimes carr/y 

 readily at live o*Clock in the Morning at Run- 

 ning Line, v/hich will fink and faften the 

 Line at nine o'Clock ; becaufc in Droughts 

 Rivers generally abate, as the Heat increafes. 



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