Chap. II. Of the E E L. iit 



Timber, Roots, or about Flood -gates, Weirs, 

 or Piles, and put the Bait leilurely therein. If 

 there be a good Eel^ give her Time, and ilie 

 will take it : Be lure llie hath fwallowed it, 

 and then very leifurely draw her out by De- 

 grees : For Ihe lying double in her Hole, will 

 with the Help of her Tail break all, unlefs 

 you give Time for her to be wearied with pul- 

 ling, and (o Haul her out by Degrees, not pul- 

 ling too hard. 



This Way of catching Eels is only to be 

 praftifed when the Waters are low, and on a 

 hot Summer's Day. 



Bobbing for Eels is thus performed : Take 

 the largeH: Garden-worms well fcoured, and 

 v/ith a Needle run a ftrong Thread through 

 them, from End to End. In this Manner 

 firing fo many, that at lair you may wrap them 

 flackly about your Hand a dozen Times as 

 leaft j then tie them fall with the two Ends of 

 the Thread, that they may hang in fo many 

 long Boughts or Hanks. Fallen all to a fmall 

 flrong Cord, about two Yards long j and a- 

 bout a handful or eight Inches- above the 

 Worm, tie the Cord on a Knot : Then get a 

 Lead-plumb three Quartersofa Pound Weight, 

 fhaped like a Pyramid, and bore a Hole thro* 

 the Middle of this Lead from End to End, 

 fo as the Cord may eafily pafs to and fro. Put 

 the upper End of this Cord through the 

 Plumb, (the thick End of the Plumb being 

 downwards) and let the Plumb reft on the 

 Knot on the Cord above the Worms. Fix the 

 E 3 up- 



