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When you angle in a very llony River that 

 is clear, with the Running Line, the Stones 

 are apt to rub the Pellets bright, which fcares 

 away the Fifh : When it does fo, remove the 

 bright Lead, and put on other that is black. 

 For a Lead Plummet^ make a Hole in a 

 Piftol Bullet, and put therein a ftrong 

 twifted Thread •, and, when Occafion is, 

 hang this on the Hook, to try the Depth 

 of the River, or Pond, efpecially when 

 you angle v/ith the Float, and the Bait 

 is to be near the Bottom, or but jufl touch 

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Prudent Anglers procure a little Whetfto^ie^ 

 about two Inches long, and one Quarter of 

 an Inch fquare, which is flir better to iharpen 

 Plooks on than a File, tho* never fo fine or 

 good : For the File either will not touch a 

 well-temper'd Hook, or leave it rough, but 

 not iharp. 



Tho' the Angler is not confined to any par- 

 ticular Form for his LhieCafes^ yet the follow- 

 ing is thought as convenient as any. Get a 

 Cafe made of red Leather, with twelve or 

 fourteen Partitions therein, made of the fined 

 thin Parchment, and a Flap to cover over the 

 Edges, to prevent the lofing any Thing out 

 of them. In the feveral Partitions keep Hooks 

 ready whipt to Lines of two or three Gildards 

 in Length, and ready leaded: Likevvife, fpare 

 Links, Lines of all Lengths or Sorts, Silk 

 of all Sorts and Colours, and fingie flpong 

 Hairs. Thefe Cafes lie in a fmall Room in the 



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