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Ground, and go yourfelf fo far from the Wa- 

 ter-fide, that you perceive nothing but the Top 

 of theFJoats,which you muft diligentlyobferve. 

 When you have a Bite, you'll perceive the Top 

 of your Float to fink fuddenly into the Water: 

 But be not too hafty to run to your Rods, till 

 you fee that the Line got clear away : Then 

 creep to the Water-fide, and give as much 

 Line as you pofTibly can. If it be a good 

 Carp or Bream^ they will go to the farther 

 Side of the River : Then ftrike gently, and 

 hold your Rod a little while at a Bent \ but if 

 you pull both together, you are fure to lofe 

 your Game, for either the Line or Hook, or 

 the Fifhes Hold will break. After you have 

 overcome them, they will make noble Sport, 

 and are very fhy to be landed. But the Carp 

 is far ftronger, and more mettlefome than the 

 Bream, 



As the Bream\ delightful Harbour is the 

 Water-dock^ under which he lies, fo you muft 

 take care to keep him from thence, when you 

 have hooked him : He will drive to get thi- 

 ther, that he may entangle your Line about 

 the Stalk of the Water-dock^ which being na- 

 turally very tough, it will be impoffible to 

 difengage yourfelf from thence. His being a 

 flat Fifh, caufes him to draw much Water ; 

 which, though it does not increafe his natural 

 Strength, neverthelefs it will add to the Diffi- 

 culty you will find in taking him. 



J have already obferved, that if the Pike 

 and Perch breeds in that River, they will be 

 fure to bite firft \ and when they do, they 



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