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the Rivers Bove^ Trenty and others of iefs 

 Note, particularly in that which runs by Sa- 

 lisbury^ yet he is not fo common a Fifli as the 



Graylings are in Seafon all the Year, but 

 principally in December^ when they are black 

 about the Head, Gills, and down the Back, 

 and have their Belly of a daak-grey, dappled 

 with black Spots. The Grayling's Flelh, e- 

 ven in his word Seafon, is firm, white, will 

 eafily calver, and is excellent Meat •, but when 

 at beft, little inferior to any Trout, He is a 

 very fwift Swimmer, [but dead-hearted after 

 he is hooked; bites freely and often at the 

 fame Fly, if not pricked. 



When you angle for him within Water, his 

 Bait by no m.eans muft drag on the Ground^ 

 he being a Fifh that ufually fwims nearer the 

 Middle of the Water, and lies always loofe, 

 and more apt to rife than defcend. Let your 

 Bait be at leaftfix or nine Inches from the Bot- 

 tom, and to that End ufe a Float of Cork, 

 rather than the Running Line. His princi- 

 pal Ground-baits are the Brandlings Gilt-tail^ 

 Tag- tails thQ A^eadow^vorjn \vd\ fcoured, Cc^- 

 haitSs Bark-worjTis and Flag-ivor?n -, and at the 

 Top he may be taken either v/ith natural or 

 artificial Flies^ or with the Earth-hob^ or Clap'' 

 bait. 



See how the \Jmhtv /hoots along the Stream^ 

 Swift as the ^S'hadow, whence he has his- Name, 



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