Chap. 4- The ?r^d:iCQ of Angling. 2S7 

 To angle at Top with a Worm^ you mull 

 tife a Line longer than che Rod, and a Brand- 

 ling or Gilt-tail Worm. Your Line Hioulu be 

 without FJoat or Lead. You muil draw your 

 Bait up and down the Stream, at Top of the 

 Water, as you do a Cod-hait for Trout. In a 

 clear Water and Day, perhaps you may take 

 more Trout s and Salmon-fmelts this Way than 

 any other. 



In order to lay Night Hooks, procure afmall 

 Cord fixteen Yards Jong, and at equal Dif- 

 tinces tie to it five or fix HempenLines, of the 

 Thicknefs of the Trowling-line, about eigh- 

 teen Inches long a-piece, faftening them in 

 fuch a Manner as you may eafiiy remove or 

 put them to again. To each of thefe whip a 

 Hook, and bait it with a iVfz>;?^'K;, Loach, or 

 Bull-head, his Gill-Fins cut off ; or, for want 

 of them., with a fmall Gudgeon, a fmall Roach ^ 

 a Seven Ey€S, or one of the fmall Brood of 

 Eels ', or with Beef, or the Pith and Marrow 

 in an Ox orCow^s Back-hone, If you bait with 

 any Fifh^ put the Point of the Hook in at 

 the Tail and out at the Mouth, the Head of 

 the Fifh refting on the Hook's Bent ; and co- 

 ver the Point of the Hook with a fmall Worm : 

 Then to one End of the Cord faften a Stone, 

 or a Lead Weight of about two Pounds, and 

 throw itcrofs the River in ^m.e ftill Deep, or 

 at the Tail or Side of a deep Stream. Fallen 

 the other End to feme Bough or Stick on the 

 Water-bank you ftand on ; and in the Morn- 

 ing you will fcldom fail to find Fifh en- 



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