i6%ne BRITISH ANGLER. P.II. 



the Ground, as a kind of Anchor to keep the 

 Stick from moving. 



Or when you bait your Hooks thus with live 

 Fifh or Frogs, and in a windy Day, faflen 

 them to a Bough or Bundle of Straw, that by 

 the Help of the Wind they may be drove crofs 

 fome Pond or Mere^ and you may lland ftill 

 on the Shore and fee Sport enough immediate- 

 ly, if there be any Quantity of Pikes in the 

 Place. Thefe live Baits may likewife make 

 Sport, if you tie the Line about the Body or 

 Wings of a Goofe or Btuk^ and drive her o- 

 ver the Pond, One may alfo faften them to 

 Bladders, or Boughs, or Bundles of Hay, or 

 Rufhes, to fwim down a River, whilft the 

 Sporcfman walks quietly on the Shore, in Ex- 

 pedlation of his Game. This fort of Fiihing 

 is frequently call'd Huxing, 



As to Fiihing with a dead Bait, a little Ex- 

 perience, in Mr. /i^^/Zi'w's Opinion, will make 

 any one perfed: in it. The baiting one's Hook 

 with a dead Gudgeon or a Roachy and moving 

 it up and down the Water, is too eafy a Thing, 

 according to him, to need many Directions, 

 But the following Receipt, which has been e- 

 fleemed a great Secret in this Diverfion, he 

 thought, might be worth communicating to 

 the Learner. 



DifTolve Gu?n o^ Ivy in the Oil of Spike ^ and 

 with it anoint your dead Bait *, then cad it in- 

 to a proper Place, and when it has lain a fhort 

 Time at the Bottom, draw it towards the Top 

 of the Water, and fo up the Stream. When it 



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