lOo The BRITISH ANGLER. P.I. 



meafure advantageous to my Recreation, yet 

 far from fo high a Degree, as has been pre- 

 tended. However it is worth every Sportf- 

 man's while to be acquainted with fome of 

 them, that if they are willing to be at the Ex- 

 pence and Labour of a Trial, they may fe- 

 ledl thofe for their daily Ufe, which on Ex- 

 perience they fhall find to be the beft. One 

 or two of thofe that are mofl highly com- 

 mended, would, I own, be more pleafing to 

 me, were they more fimple, and lefs fuperfU- 

 tioufly compounded : In particular this by 

 Monfieur Char r as. Apothecary Royal to the 

 late French King, Lewis the Fourteenth. 



Take Man's Fal 3.nd Cat's Fat, of each half 

 an Ounce •, Mum7ny finely powder'd, three 

 Drams j Cummin-feed finely powdered, one 

 Dram ; diftilled Oil of Jntfe and Spike, of 

 each fix Drops ; Civet ^ two Grains *, and Cain- 

 fhire^ four Grains : Make an Ointment accord- 

 ing to Art. When you angle with this, anoint 

 eight Inches of the Line next the Hook, 

 Keep it in a Pewter-Box^ made fomething ta- 

 per : And, when you ufe it, never angle with 

 lefs than two or three Hairs next the Hook •, 

 becaufe if you angle with one Hair, it will not 

 Hick fo well to the Line. If you mix fome 

 of this Ointment with a little Venice ^urp eyitine , 

 it will flick the fader \ but clog not your Line 

 with too much on at a Time. 



T'dk.tGum-Ivy, and put a good Quantity 

 of it into a 5(?;^ made o^ Oak, like thofe the 

 Apothecaries ufe of white Wood for their Pills. 



Rub 



