g6 r/je BRITISH ANGLER. P. I. 



Let all the Baits for the Pike be alive the 

 fame Morning you ufe them ; for, if they are 

 ftale, and not fweet, he refufes them. 



1 have done with this Chapter, after giving 

 in Verfe one general Rule for the baiting with 

 Natural Flies, 



io fifh with nat'ral Flies whenever you chufe^ 



Ohferve the Seafon^ and provide for tffe : 

 Ohferve the Filh, as round for Prey they rove^ 

 And take your Baits where hefi they fe em to love. 

 For fear ch all Nature^ and this 'Truth youHV 



find^ 

 Variety, that Miftrefs of Mankind^ 

 Is 7i0t to species, nor to Sex confin\i, 



CHAP. VI. 



Of Pajles and Unguents, 



PA S T E S are a Species of artificial Baits, 

 to be angled with at Ground or within 

 the Water. There are, or may be, as many 

 diftindl Sorts of them as the Luxuriancy of e- 

 very Fancy will fuggeft •, but the fubfequent 

 are in the higheft Efleem. 



Take Bean-flour^ or, if that be not to be 

 got. Wheat-flour^ and the [tendered Part of 

 the Leg of a young RMet, Whelp, or Kitten ; 

 as much Virgins-Wax and Sheep-Suet: Beat 

 them in a Mortar till they are perfedly incor- 

 porated ; then, with a little clarified Honey, 

 temper them before the Fire into a Pafle. 



Some 



