Chap. 6. Of the CARP. iqi 



will creep out gradually, and become a deli- 

 cious Prey to the Carp, This is better than to 

 caft in JVoryns by Handfuls, which are ufually^ 

 carried away with the Stream : But in Ponds 

 you may ufe the latter Method, or you may 

 throw in Quantities of boiled Malty which 

 they alfo like. 



Though Carpi love Mud, yet they delight 

 not in weedy, but clear Water, except the 

 Weeds are little in Qiiantity. In very muddy 

 Water, you may drop your Eait gently near 

 the Brink, ufing a Floaty but no Lead on your 

 Line, and the Carp will imagine your Bait to 

 be a Worm coming out of the Bank. 



In a fine Sun-fhiny Day, Carp will often 

 prime about Noon, and fwim about the Edges 

 of a Pond, to catch fuch Flies as fall upon the 

 Surface of the Water. Let the Angler then 

 take a Rod fbrong and pliable at the Top, a 

 flrong Silk Line^ and a Hook large enough for 

 a Loh-worm. Then finding or making a Place 

 free from Weeds, about the Compafs of the 

 Crown of a Hat, let him drop in his Bait with* 

 out a Float, and with only one large Shot up- 

 on his Line, which he muft lodge upon the 

 Leaf offome Weed adjoining, fo that the Bait 

 is not above eight Inches in the Water : Then 

 retiring, but fo as to keep his Eye upon the 

 Shot, let him wait till he fees it taken away, 

 with about a Foot of Line, and then he may 

 venture to ftrike. When he has hooked his 

 Fifh, let him keep him tight, and not fuffer 

 him to entangle himfelf among theWeeds ;and 



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