Chap. I. Ti6<? Pradiceo/Angling. 26^ 

 Bui when Autumnal Blafls have ftripfd the 

 Wood, 

 Ando^er the Ground its yellow Honours/r^wV ^ 

 When ftonny Boreas re-ajjumes his Reign, 

 And with indignant Breath deforms the Plain % 

 Let him a while his fnary y^Wts^ forbear ; 

 'Till, by the Courfe of the revolving Tear^ 

 The fairer Order of the Months returns. 

 And Nature with frefli Bloom her Face adorns : 

 Then foon as Morn has chased the Shades of 



Sight, 

 Andjlreak'd the purple Eaji with rofy Light ; 

 Soon as the Lark difplays her early Wings, 

 And to the fragrant Air her Matin fings \ 

 The Angler, chearful with the Hopes of Prey ^ 

 Takes to the reeking Brook his dewy Way. 



In a Word, from the Beginning o^ May till 

 the latter End of September, (allowing for the 

 Diverfity of Scafons) is the Prime of all the 

 Year for the Diverfion we are treating of. 

 And as to the Time of Day, it is from four 

 in the Morning till eight at Night, (when the 

 Days are fo long) the worft Part of which is 

 about Noon. 



In the particular Dirediions, I fhall firfl 

 confider which Times are not^ and then which 

 are, the mofl propitious to the Gentleman An- 

 gler. 



In great Droughts, when the Rivers are 

 fmall • or in the Heat of a clear Day, in May^ 

 June, July, Augiifi, and the Beginning of 

 September^ though there be no Drought, you 



will 



