Sa fZ^^ B R I T I S H A N G L E R. P. I. 



For oft* invited by the varied Baif, 



The heedlefs Firti are lur\i to tempt their Fate \ 



Whether in Depths retired fecure they lie^ 



Or lejpy exposed, to f natch the plunging Fly. 



jB///, if in wintry Hours you rather chufe^ 

 By lonely Floods the bending Reed to ufe^ 

 Obfervein Autumn, when the labVing Swain 

 The yielding Green-ford plows, or flindy Plain ; 

 Jf Crows in Troops attend the paffmg Share, 

 Purfue the Track, and eye the Turfs with Care: 

 A Worm within the parted Clods yotiHl jindy 

 Of whitifh Hue, /i?^Beetle'j early Kind : 

 Of thefe be careful in your Stores to place, 

 A Food delicious to the wat'ry Race : 

 Or, hurfd deep^ with Eggs prolific Jlor'^d, 

 Preferve the Carrion-Cat, of Gentles a furc 

 Hoard, 



CHAP. V. 



A Continuation of natural Baits ; particularly 

 Blood, Grain, Ftjlj, and FiJJj-Spawn, Fruits^ 

 Flies, and other Infers. 



TH E Variety of natural Baits made ufe 

 of in Angling, and the Manners of ufing 

 them are almoft infinite, and therefore much 

 mud be left to Experience in treating of this 

 Subjed. However, as I have already been very 

 copious upon the Vermicular and Caterpillar 

 Kinds, 1 fhall in this Chapter enumerate all 

 the other Sorts commonly known, and more 



than 



