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upper End of the Cord to a ftrong and long 

 PoJe. Thus prepared, angle in a muddy 

 Water, and either in the Deeps or Sides of 

 Streams, and you will ke\ the Eels tug flrong- 

 Jy and eagerly at them. When you think 

 they have fwallowed the Worms as far as they 

 can, gently draw up your Worms and Eels ; 

 and when you have them near the Top of the 

 Water, hoift them fuddenly to Land. Thus 

 you may take three or four at once, and good 

 ones too, if there be plenty. 



Thefe two Ways of Snigling and Bobbing 

 are proper only for Eels, no other Fifh being 

 to be caught after that Manner. 



There is the Conger or great Sea-Eel^ be- 

 fides the Sorts I have mentioned, which has a 

 white, fat, and fweet Fifh •, nourifhing to 

 Excels, and therefore dangerous, becaufe of 

 Surfeits. They are firfk par-boiled in Water, 

 with Salt and fweet Kerbs, and then broiled; 

 Or, you may firft par>boil them in Water, 

 and Salt, then highly feafon them, and bake 

 them in a Pot. The fmall ones are taken be« 

 tween Gloucefter and ^ewkshury^ and below 

 Warrington in Lancajhire *, the great Oneson- 

 jy in the Salt Seas. 



Eel-puts^ another Fifh fomewhat refemb- 

 ling the EeU but efleemed better, are alfo 

 found in foine Rivers. Their Places of Re- 

 fort are the fame as the Eel*s^ and they are to 

 be taken in Peals of Thunder and heavy Rain, 

 which drives fhem from their Holes. The pro- 



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