t^^ne BRITISH ANGLER. P.Ii. 



To fpeed in Ponds, you with the Sun 7nuft rife, 

 Jnd then the largeil eafieji are your Prize. 

 ^hey ftrongly ftruggle, and unlefs prepared ^ 

 Tour Vidory'j doubtful^ and your Labour hard. 

 Ponds weedy feed the Tench, and thofe more 



clear 

 Be^pkafe the Carp \ yet both for Mud declare : 

 And in their Baits yc? clofely they agree^ 

 They feed jufi as they live^ promifcuoufly^ 

 Both love their Bsiits prep ar'd with niceft Care^ 

 And both beft take them fcented ftrmg with 



Tar. 

 Low at the Bottom^ in the Deeps they lle^ 

 And rarely^ very rarely feed on high, 

 Tho' ofC the Carp in hottefi Sunwier-'Days^ ^ 

 While on the Surface wantonly he play s^ > 



On Bread and Worms %mth eager Pafjiony 



preys. 

 But if^our Rod or Self offendhis Sight,. 

 He's gone^ and blafts at once your whole Delight. 

 lUs humcurfome at beft^ Ey:perience tells^ 

 For Seafon, Baits, and Place, and all Things 



elfe: 

 But in the Mid ft he feldom fails to tnove^ 

 And Marili and FJag-worm takes with eager 



Love. 

 For Ttuc\\ no Brttz^ Jhould Jlir the well-tarr'd 



Bait^ 

 On which both late ^;/ J early thou mufi wait. 

 Gentles aiid Codbaits Sport will often yield \ 

 But fill for Carp the former claims thel^ield. 



CHAP, 



