Ghap. 7. Of the T E N C H. ipj 



Morning, and two or three Hours before 

 Night. 



The Waters ought to be fo ftill, and the 

 Surface fo fmooth and even, that it cannot give 

 the leaft Motion to your Float* Be not too 

 eager in ftriking him when he bites *, for as 

 he delights in flicking the Bait, allow him 

 Time, and he will not quit it. The beft and 

 moft inticing Bait, and indeed fome fay you 

 need not ufe any other, whether for Pond or 

 River, \st\itRed-wor??i dipp'din 7^ar: Or, take 

 the clotted black Blood out of the Heart of a 

 Sheep ^ fome fine Flour and Ho-ney^ temper 

 them well together, and make them of the 

 Confiflence of an Unguent, and anoint thei^^?^- 

 *ivorm with it. Some prefer this, and others 

 the I'd}', No other Bait is to be compared to 

 cither of them. June^ J^'-bt ^nd ^ugujl are 

 the only Months in which you may expecl to 

 have any Sport with ^encb ; and tlien the 

 greatefl Plenty is taken in the River Slower^ 

 before mentioned, 



Moft of the following general Remarks are 

 equally ufeful both for the Carp and the T'encbi 



To Carp afjd Tench great Art you mufi ap- 



Vbj 

 IFhicb love flill Pits, and chryftal Currertts fly. 

 ihey all your Patience^ all your Strength re- 



quirdy 

 And^ iho^ ^dmir^d, rarely your Baits admire. 

 Sometimes in Rivers to your Lot they fall ; 

 But ibcre^s no Vigour 'where the Hopes arefmalL 

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