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small hooks tied along the line, one half a foot above 

 the other : I have seen five caught thus at one time ; 

 and the bait has been gentles, than which none is 

 better. 



Or this fish may be caught with a fine small arti- 

 ficial fly, which is to be of a very sad brown colour, 

 and very small, and the hook answerable. There 

 is no better sport than whipping for Bleaks in a 

 boat, or on a bank, in the swift water, in a summer's 

 evening, with a hazel top about five or six foot long, 

 and a line twice the length of the rod. I have heard 

 Sir Henry Wotton say, that there be many that in 

 Italy will catch swallows so, or especially martins ; 

 this bird-angler standing on the top of a steeple to do 

 it, and with the line twice so long as I have spoken 

 of. And let me tell you, scholar, that both Martins 

 and Bleaks be most excellent meat. 



And let me tell you, that I have known a Heron, 

 that did constantly frequent one place, caught with 

 a hook baited with a big minnow or a small gudgeon. 

 The line and hook must be strong : and tied to some 

 loose staff, so big as she cannot fly away with it : 

 a line not exceeding two yards. 



