tiorhe BRITISH ANGLER. PJI. 



or String, which ferves them inftead of a 

 Back-bone, grows hard ; and this String or 

 Nerve is always to be taken away when you 

 drefs them. Whenfoever you either road, fry, 

 or broil Eels^ Congers^ or Lampreys ^ be fure 

 they be done brown, tender, and crifp •, and 

 firft well par-boiled in Water, with Salt and 

 Fennel, or fweet Herbs, which corredls and 

 renders their Flefh more pleafant, tender and 

 palatable. A delicate Cake, called Elver-Cake^ 

 is made of the young Fry oi Severn Lampreys^ 

 and fenttoall Parts as a great Dainty. 



In the Day-time Eels hide thernfelves under 

 fome Covert, Roots of Trees, Stocks, Stones, 

 Brufli-wood, Piles, Boards, or Planks about 

 Flood-gates, Weirs, Bridges, or Mills, or 

 in Holes in the River's Bank; and they delight 

 in ftill Waters, and in Waters that are foul 

 or muddy •, tho' the fmaller Eels are found in 

 all Sorts of Rivers and Soils. 



Befides the above-mentioned Way of tak- 

 ing them in the Night, Eels are caught in the 

 Day-time by a Ledger-hait^ by SnigltJig or 

 Brogling^ and by Bobbing, 



Brogling or Snigling is thus performed : Get 

 an exceeding ftrong and long Line, and a 

 fmall compafTed Hook, baited with a well- 

 fcoured Red-wor?7i^ or Dew-worm : Hold one 

 End of the Line in your Hand ; then place 

 the upper End of your Hook very eafily in 

 theCleft of a long Hazle-ftick, that it may 

 cafily flip out. With this Stick and Hook 

 thus baited, fearch for Holes under Stones, 



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