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of Probe to open the way, for the more eafy 

 Entrance and PafTage of their Wire : But Time 

 and a little Experience will teach the Pradice 

 of thefe Things better than Words •, and there- 

 fore to thofe we refer the young Angler. 



There are two principal Kinds of FrogSy 

 which i?iay be diftinguifhed by the Names 

 of a Flejd and a Fijh-frog, By Flejh^frogs are 

 meant Frogs that breed and live on the Land ; 

 and of thefe there are feveral Species of vari- 

 ous Colours, fome being fpeckled, fome green- 

 ilh, fome blackifli, and others brown. The 

 green Frog^ which is a fmaJl one, is taken to 

 be venomous •, and fo is the Paddock or Frog^ 

 paddockywhich ufually breeds and inhabits on thQ 

 Land •, and is very large and bony, efpecially 

 the She Frog of that Kind : Yet thefe will 

 fometimes come into the Water, but not fre- 

 quently. By Fijh-frogs are underftood thofe 

 that breed and live in t^xe Water, v/hich are 

 not venomous, efpecially the right ^Vater-frog^ 

 which about February or March breeds in the 

 Slime of Ditches, by blackifh Eggs laid in 

 that Slime. At this their Breeding-Time the 

 He and She Frogs are obferved to continue 

 Jong in Conjun6lion, fome fay many Days, 

 and to croak and make a Noife, which the 

 Land or Paddock-frog never does. The beft of 

 thefe Water-frogs for a Pike^ is the yellowell 

 that you can get, for that the Pike will foonell 

 take : And that your Frog may continue long 

 alive, put your Hook into his Mouth, (whicii 

 you may eafily do from the Middle ofJpril to 



