78 LITERA TURE OF SEA AND RIVER FISHING. 



is another " combination and compilation " volume, in which 

 the author (probably a lady) gives directions for " preserv- 

 ing, physick, beautifying, and cookery," and "also some 

 new and excellent secrets and experiments in the art of 

 angling," which latter are freely borrowed from Barker, 

 Walton, and others. The book is interesting, as giving 

 evidence that there were lady anglers at this period ; and 

 part V. of the tenth edition (17 19) is entitled "The female 

 angler, instructing ladies, &c." 



Mr. W. Gilbert's Angler's Delight of 1676, is a quaint 

 book, of which the author says in the title — " The like 

 never before in print ! " He gives his readers " the method 

 of fishing in Hackney Marshes, and the names of the best 

 stands there," and bids them " go to Mother Gibert's, 

 at the Flower de Luce, at Clapton, near Hackney," where 

 " whilst you are drinking a pot of ale, bid the maid make 

 you two or three pennyworth of ground-bait and some 

 paste (which they do very neatly and well)." He suggests 

 an angler's outfit as follows : " A good coat for all weathers ; 

 an apron to put your ground-bait, stones, and paste in ; a 

 basket to put your fish in, &c., .... and if you have a boy 

 to go along with you, a good neat's tongue and a bottle of 

 Canary should not be wanting ; to the enjoyment of which 

 I leave you." A few weeks ago a barbel was taken in the 

 Thames as low as Chelsea ; but our author speaks of this 

 fish frequenting London Bridge in his time. In a later 

 edition he tells us how to " fox fish " with what he calls 

 " Oculus Lidia Berries ; " but he cautions his readers " that 

 they practice not this without a licence from the owners, 

 least the whipping-post or pillory be their reward." 

 Chetham's Anglers Vade-mecum was first published in 

 1 68 1. The authors of the " Bibliotheca Piscatoria " credit 

 him with being an " original " writer, and not a mere 



