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all fly into the deep, ftill Places. Where it 

 ebbs and flows Fifh fometimes bite bed, in the 

 Ebb efpecially *, but rarely at full Water, un- 

 lefs near the Arches of Bridges, Weirs, or 

 Flood-gates. 



There is no Difference in Angling in any 

 Part of a Pool, or (landing Water ; for it is 

 a Prifon to all Fifh, and they are therefore the 

 fooner taken : But in Rivers, the beft An- 

 gling is where it is deep and clear at the Bot- 

 tom i efpecially if it be a Gravel or Clay, with- 

 out Mud or Weeds ; and if there is a Whir- 

 ling or Turning in the Water, or a Covert, as 

 a hollow Bank, great Roots of Trees, or long 

 Weeds floating above the Water, where 

 the Filh may hide themfelves at certain 

 Times. 



Rivers that ^rtftrait and level are not fo 

 good to fllh in, as thofe that are crooked^ and 

 have many Corners and Turnings, Pools and 

 Pits : For Fifh get into thofe Creeks and Chan- 

 nels, and hide themfelves in their private A- 

 partments. If the Water be narrow vou may 

 fifh on both Sides, and the fooner chop upon 

 them •, but where broad and deep their Haunt 

 is uncertain. In a Word, 



The fearful Cheven loves the Jhaded Stream ; 

 Sharp Rills delight the Trout, and Pools the 



Bream : 

 In Deeps the fpeckled Samlet loves to rove^ 

 And marlj Swifts allure the Barbel Drove : 



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