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whose slimy sides administer relief, if when but 

 to glance upon his fellow r -creature. So that I 

 think it worthy my management and under- 

 taking to draw forth some directions how the 

 angler may surprize him with our innocent ar- 

 tillery of hook and line ; which will be enough, 

 as I conceive, to convince him, if in season he 

 please but to make a trial. 



In the south of England, where the fields are 

 fertil, (so in the north, though more unculti- 

 vated,) this piece of curiosity is frequently dis- 

 cours'd among anglers, meaning such as out of 

 a fancy, or foreign curiosity, have undertaken 

 to feed him with tar and rye-bread, supposing 

 him a tarpollin ; and not without success, whilst 

 some others have diverted him with various 

 pasts, using 'em as an argument to make him 

 pie-proof. Then again some have fed him with 

 English honey, the yolks of eggs, and the oil 

 of annis, commassated and mingled with fine 

 bean-flower ; this bait is better approved of than 

 rudely to choak him with toasted cheese. I own, 

 I must confess, there be many ways to feed him, 

 though, to my certain knowledg, (except in the 

 pond,) there are but few places to find him in. 

 He therefore that solicites a sight of this physi- 

 cal fish, and impatiently longs to hear him rum- 

 ble in the panier, let him follow my advice, with 



