iSi r/j^BRITISH ANGLER. P. II. 



Or ev'n Jhciild rifing Mud the Stream xnfeft^ *) 

 Tet ftill the finer, youfucceed the bed : > 



But here good Judgment h the fur eft Teft, j 



2lnr Tackle ready ^ 7text exert you Care^ 

 Vo caft your Line diftinguijhingly fair » 

 If on the Smhcefrjl the h'lnks JJjould light, 

 ike Fifio fpring out, nor foon retrieve their 



Fright : 

 But if the Bait, fudden the IVantom rife^ 

 Voracious^ eager ^ and become your Prize, 

 Tffiort he cuts^ next Throw hefure beware ; 

 Hefazv too much -, the Angler flood too near : 

 But if no Shadow on the Surface fall^ 

 Tou quickly fpeed^ or f peed not there at all. 

 The Worm at no time can your Pleafure'' 



fail, 

 Un!(f the houndlefs Floods or Winds prevail^ 

 Or Winter's Icy Hands the Stream afjaiL 

 IVben milky -white the thickened Current 



fbozvs^ 

 Trcm Mills ^ or Rains, or artful Over-flows ^ 

 Scrong ZiU/c'j, Rods^ Hooks, and ixnytVorms 



are chofe. 

 Vjc troubled Streams the treach'rous Snares 



difguife. 

 And, trufling to his Sight, the greedy Viclm 



dies. 

 But flill prefer the chry^dlBvook, and chufe' 

 Arms all genteel and neat, and fit for Ufe -, 

 Nor the long Taper-Rod and Tingle Hair re- 



fufe. 



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