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two Foot from the Bottom, They are won- 

 derfully fhy and wary, but feed as freely as 

 any Fifh, and will afford much Sport and Di- 

 verfion. They abound chiefly along the 

 Southern and South- well Parts of England^ 

 which lie oppofite to France, The River A- 

 ron in Sujjex^ at Aru/idel, and /Ix in the 

 County of Devon, aboue two Miles below the 

 Town of Ai<?ninfler\ yield vaft Quantities 

 of them every Time the Tide flows. 



Smelts area fine Fifli, with a delicate Fla- 

 vour, and are in Seafon twice a Year. They 

 make their flrft Appearance about the Middle 

 of March^ when the beii are taken at Cbclfeci 

 and Hatnmerfm'ub, At the fecond Time of 

 their coming into the River Tbdmes^ which is 

 in the Month of Augufly they feldom reach 

 higher than London-Bridge ; and the fined 

 and largefl: are then taken oppofite to Dept- 

 fordsLud Greenwich, In angling for them, ufe 

 the Pater-nofter Line of one Hair, and let 

 your Bait be Gentles or white Pafte, 



ne Angler'jyfr/, oft* hy the Flounder/^//, 

 ^e Mullet lufcious, and the fragrant Smelt, 

 Extends beyond the native River Fry, .^ 



/^<?r Flook wi/i? Worms, for Mullet withf 

 Dub-fly : C 



For Smelts,, your Gentles are the hejl Supply, ^ 



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