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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 gar- 

 den-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 bv 

 keeping them cool and in fresh moss ; and some 

 advise to put camphire into it. 



Note also, that many use 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 Henley, 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, 



