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truculent insect, the green munket of the owl- 

 der-tree. But if none of these baits presented, 

 succeed to profit, and the water, as we appre- 

 hend, to remain discoloured, let him then assault 

 the trout at the bottom, with that mortal allure- 

 ment which I call the gild-tale ; for that of all 

 worms allures him ashore. 



The generous trout to make the angler sport, 

 In deep and rapid streams will oft resort. 

 Where if you flourish but a fly, from thence 

 You hail a captive, but of fish the prince. 



THE PIKE. 



The pike is a voracious ravenous fish, that fre- 

 quents the waters, and lives always upon spoil : 

 for moss-trooper like, he murders all he meets 

 with. And as it is impossible to find him with- 

 out an appetite, so is it as improbable to proffer 

 him any thing that he'l refuse. One would think 

 him a graduate by his various appellations, as 

 that of jack, pickerel, pike, and lucit, which 

 makes him look big and swell with titles, as 

 Westminster-hall look'd blough with Dunbar 

 trophies. Now the angler that consults this for- 

 midable desperado, must search him in the 

 spring by examining the ditches, narrow grips 

 and gullies, where probably he may find him 



