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but, as I said, covets still to go nearer the spring- 

 head : and that he does not, as the Trout and many 

 other fish, lie near the water-side or bank, or roots 

 of trees, but swims in the deep and broad parts of 

 the water, and usually in the middle, and near the 

 ground, and that there you are to fish for him, and 

 that he is to be caught, as the Trout is, with a worm, 

 a minnow which some call a penk, or with a fly. 



And you are to observe, that he is very seldom 

 observed to bite at a minnow, yet sometimes he 

 will, and not usually at a fly, but more usually at a 

 worm, and then most usually at a lob or garden- 

 worm, which should be well scoured, that is to say, 

 kept seven or eight days in moss before you fish 

 with them : and if you double your time of eight 

 into sixteen, twenty, or more days, it is still the 

 better ; for the worms will still be clearer, tougher, 

 and more lively, and continue so longer upon your 

 hook. And they may be kept longer by keeping 

 them cool, and in fresh moss ; and some advise to 

 put camphire into it. 



Note also, that many used to fish for a Salmon 

 with a ring of wire on the top of their rod, through 

 which the line may run to as great a length as is 

 needful, when he is hooked. And to that end, 

 some use a wheel about the middle of their rod, or 

 near their hand, which is to be observed better by 

 seeing one of them than by a large demonstration 

 of words. 



And now I shall tell you that which may be called 

 a secret. I have been a-fishing with old Oliver 

 Henly, now with God, a noted fisher both for Trout 

 and Salmon; and have observed, that he would 

 usually take three or four worms out of his bag, 

 and put them into a little box in his pocket, where 

 he would usually let them continue half an hour or 

 more, before he would bait his hook with them. I 



