194 "I'he BRITISH ANGLER.P.If. 

 niongft Weeds. He will bite at a Pafte made 

 of Brown-bread and Honey\ or at a Marjh- 

 worniy Lch-worm^ Wafps^ Gentles^ or Cod-hait, 

 He is very fondof Tir^r, and therefore if you 

 mix a little with your Pafte, or dip your 

 Worm in it, many affirm it will increafe your 

 Sport, and the Experiment doubtlefs is worth 

 trying. 



His Haunts and Times of Biting are gene- 

 rally the fame with the Carp ; yet in Aprils on 

 a cloudy, milling, rainy Morning, the Wind 

 South or Weft, and warm, they have been 

 known to bite very well till eleven o'Clock. 

 In fome Pits they bree'donly-, and never thrive 

 to any Bignefs, and in others they thrive and 

 never breed Notwithftanding the ill Charac- 

 ter fome have given of him, the Tench is a 

 good and pleafant Fifti, if eat in his Seafon, 

 and well dreft ; but one River Tench is worth 

 ten Pond . 



Befides the K'wtv Slower in BorfetJJjire^ fo 

 particularly commended for Plenty of Tench 

 and Eels ^ there is Brecknock- Mere^ in Breck- 

 r.ockjhire^ being two Miles in length, and as 

 much in breadth, full of Perches^ Tenches ^ and 

 Eels, 



Tenches fpawn in Jmie^ or about the Be- 

 ginning o^July : They live long out of Wa- 

 ter, and their beft Seafon is from the Begin- 

 ning of September till the End of May. 



Your Tackle for the Tench muft be ftrong, 

 and you muft attend your Sport early in the 



Morn- 



