Chap. 4, Of the PIKE. J79 



Hooking, In May^ June^ and Jtily^ in a clear, 

 calm, hot, gjeamy Day, Pikes foar on the 

 Water's Surface, or near it : Then fix a Snare 

 or Running-noofe of Wire to the End of a 

 ftrong Packthread, a Yard and a half 

 long, and the other End of the Packthread 

 to a long Pole that is manageable. Your Snare 

 being open, you may oblerve Jacks lie on the 

 Top of the Water, and eafily put the Noofe 

 over them, and, with a quick and fmart Jerk, 

 hoifl them to Land. 



Or you may, at that Time, take a Line of 

 feven or eight Foot, and arm to it a Hook of 

 the largeft Size, having the Shank leaded 

 neatly, that the Weight may guide it at Plea- 

 fure, and you may ftrike the Pike with the 

 bare Hook when they go a Frogging into 

 Ditches, and you fee them fearing on the Su- 

 perficies of the Water, Or you may whip 

 four Hooks to fuch a Line, the Points a 

 Qiiarter of a Circle dillant from each odierj, 

 and all whipt together. 



^0 catch thai Nimrod of the Streams the 



Pike, 

 An^itxhe cautions^ nor too rajhly ftrike. 

 Rods, Lines, and HdSks, are often found too 



fmall, 

 "the Tyrant^ 5 ftrong, and rudely forces all. 

 ^ftiff-i ^^^i-, ^i^^ Foot Pole you muft prepare^ 

 IFhich may infe-fral Things repay your Care : 



Whether 



