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will direct you in this as plainly as I can, that you 

 may not mistake. 



Suppose it be a big Lob-worm ; put your hook 

 into him somewhat above the middle, and out again 

 a little below the middle : having so done, draw 

 your worm above the arming of your hook ; but 

 note, that at the entering of your hook it must not 

 be at the head-end of the worm, but at the tail-end 

 of him, that the point of your hook may come out 

 toward the head-end, and having drawn him above 

 the arming of your hook, then put the point of your 

 hook again into the very head of the worm, till it 

 come near to the place where the point of the hook 

 first came out : and then draw back that part of the 

 worm that was above the shank or arming of your 

 hook, and so fish with it. And if you mean to fish 

 with two worms, then put the second on before you 

 turn back the hook's head of the first worm. You 

 cannot lose above two or three worms before you 

 attain to what I direct you ; and, having attained it, 

 you will find it very useful, and thank me for it, 

 for you will run on the ground without tangling. 



Now for the Minnow or Penk ; he is not easily 

 found and caught till March, or in April, for then 

 he appears first in the river ; nature having taught 

 him to shelter and hide himself in the winter in 

 ditches that be near to the river, and there both to 

 hide and keep himself warm in the mud or in the 

 weeds, which rot not so soon as in a running river, 

 in which place if he were in winter, the distem- 



