Chap. I. The Pra6i:lce of Angling. 257 

 four Months ; and the Salmo?i in like Time, 

 if he get into the Sea, and afterwards into 

 frefli Water. 



Angle always, if you can, on the Lee- 

 Shore 5 and obferve, that Fifh lie or fwim 

 nearer the Bottom, and in deeper Water in 

 Winter than in Summer. They alfo get near 

 the Bottom in any cold Day, and on the calm 

 Side of the Water: And in the Winter they 

 are caught beft at the Mid Time of the Day, 

 and in Sun-fhiny Weather. 



When you put any living Baits on theHook, 

 bruife them as little as poffible, that they 

 may live long on the Hook after baited. 



As to the Baits for particular Fifh, I have 

 fiid enough of that ah-eady ♦, only the Angler 

 will do well to remember thefe four Lines : 



TheFly to Trouts, to Bream the wormySnare^ 

 Areftrong Allurements 5 Gentles to the Dare : 

 ne Cheven, Cadews^ Pike, the lejjer Fry 

 Invite ; thus varioujly the various Species die. 



Let him that would be a compleat Angler\ 

 fpend fome Time in all Sorts of Waters, 

 Ponds, Rivers, fwifn and flow, ftony, pebbly, 

 gravelly, fandy, muddy, chalky, and 

 flimy *, and obferve the Differences in the 

 Nature of the Soils and Ground on which they 

 run or fland •, and likewife the Nature and 

 Humour of each particular Fifh, Water, and 

 Bair. By this Means a Man may become a 

 pcriecT: and judicious Artift, and be able to 



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