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Kim felf from you, the fooner will he be wea- 

 ry. After this Manner, by drawing him iTp, 

 and Jetting him loofe again, you may tame 

 him till you bring him to Shore, and land 

 him by the Net. But in cafe you be unpro- 

 vided with this Convenience, beware of at- 

 tempting to take him out by the Back or Tail, 

 but grafp him by the Head, and put your 

 Fingers into his Eyes. If you lay hold by his 

 Gilts, your Fingers may be injured with his 

 Bices, which are venomous. 



When you fnap for the Pike^ you muft give 

 him leave to run a little, and then ftrike •, but 

 always ftrike the contrary Way to that which 

 he runs. A double- fpring Hook is principal- 

 ly, if not only ufeful in this Way of Angling, 

 and much to be preferred before all Hooks. 

 Angling with the Trowl is a furer^atleafta more 

 eafy Way for a Learner to pra6tife, than the 

 Snap : Befides, the Snap is chiefly ufeful to 

 take a Pike^ which often pricking with the 

 Trowl hath made wary and cunning. Such a 

 one is bed taken at Snap, and the fitted Time 

 for this Exercife is in March^ when the Pike 

 bites ill, becaufe they fpawn then, and are 

 fick. 



For this Way of Angling, make a Hole with 

 the Point of your Hook or Probe, in the Fifli's 

 Side with which you bait, as near the Middle 

 as you can: Put in your armed Wire, and 

 draw it out at the Mouth, which afterwards 

 few up with a Needle and Thread. Others 

 life tlie Probe to draw the arming Wire under 

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