Chap. I. The Pradlice of Angling. iG-j 

 Seeky Anglers, jhen, no more th' uncertain 



Prize 5 

 Enfuing Rains expe^^ and wintry Skies. 



The heft Hours^ in general Efteem, to an- 

 gle in a clear Day and Water, from about 

 the loth of 4^n7 until the End o^ Augury is 

 from Sun-rife till half an Hour after ten a 

 Clock, and from half an Hour after two a 

 Clock until Sun-fet. But if the Day be dark, 

 cloudy, gloomy or lowering, efpecially if at 

 fuch a Time alfo a gentle Breeze blowirom 

 any Quarter but the Eaft, you will not fail of 

 catching Fifli in any Hour of the Day. But 

 in Marchy the Beginning o{ Aprils Sepcmher^ 

 and all the Winter Months, you may angle all 

 the Day, from about one Hour after Sun-rife 

 until about half an Hour before Sun-fet, ei- 

 ther in a muddy or clear Water. And you 

 may even angle all the Day in a muddy Wa- 

 ter, from the Middle of April until the End 

 of Augiift^ tho' early in the Morning and 

 late in the Evening are be ft. 



When fronts leap out of the Water, and 

 Pi'kes ihoot in purfuit of other Fifhcs, they will 

 bite well, if you angle with Tackle and Baits 

 proper for the Seafon and Fifli. 



When a fudden, violent Shower hath a 

 little muddedthe Water, if you go forth im- 

 mediately after fuch a Shower, and angle at 

 Ground in the Stream or Sides thereof, with 

 Brandlings Gilt-tail^ Tag-tail^ or chiefly i?^^- 



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