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nefs of the Water, and that the Water thea 

 brings no Aliment with it. 



When People wafh their Sheep in Summer, 

 at the Beginning only Filli bite well ; becaufe 

 the Filth draws them together as to a baiting 

 Place : But after they have glutted themfelves 

 four or five Days, they will not bite again till 

 wafhing Time be over. 



The following Catalogue of Impediments 

 to the Angler's Recreation, have been given 

 us by a certain Author, i. The Fault may 

 be occafioned by his Tackle, as when his 

 Lines or Hooks are too large. 2. When his 

 Bait is dead, or decaying. 3. If he angles at 

 a wrong Time of the Day, when the Fifh are 

 not in the Humour of taking his Bait. 4.«If 

 t^c Fifh have been frightened by the Sight of 

 him, or v.dth his Shadow. 5. If the Waters 

 are thick, red, or white, being difturbed 

 with fudden Floods. 6'. If the Weather be too 

 cold. 7. If the Weather be too hot. 8. If 

 it rains much and fafl. 9. If it hails or fnows. 

 10. If it be tempeftuous. ii. If the Wind 

 blows high. 12. If the Wind be in the 

 £aft. 



But as the principal Rules on this Head 



•are better exprelTed in the following Verfes, 



than I can pofTibly exprefs them in Profe, 



I Ihall leave them to the Reader's Confi- 



deration without enlarging. 



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