184 THE COMPLETE ANGLER. [part i. 



worms, the dunghill-worm, called a Brandling, I 

 take to be best, being well scoured in moss or 

 fennel ; or he will bite at a worm that lies under 

 cow-dung with a bluish head. And if you rove for 

 a Pearch with a minnow, then it is best to be alive 

 you sticking your hook through his back fin : or a 

 minnow with the hook in his upper lip, and letting 

 him swim up and down, about mid- water or a little 

 lower, and you still keeping him to about that 

 depth by a cork, which ought not to be a very little 

 one : and the like way you are to fish for the Pearch, 

 with a small frog, your hook being fastened through 

 the skin of his leg, towards the upper part of it : 

 and lastly, I will give you but this advice, that you 

 give the Pearch time enough when he bites, for 

 there was scarce ever any Angler that has given 

 him too much. And now I think best to rest my- 

 self, for I have almost spent my spirits with talking 

 so long. 



Ven. Nay, good Master, one fish more, for you 

 see it rains still, and you know our Angles are like 

 money put to usury ; they may thrive, though we 

 sit still and do nothing but talk and enjoy one ano- 

 ther. Come, come, the other fish, good Master. 



Pise. But, Scholar, have you nothing to mix 

 with this discourse, which now grows both tedious 

 and tiresome ? Shall I have nothing from you, that 

 seem to have both a good memory and a cheerful 

 spirit ? 



Ven. Yes, Master, I will speak you a copy of 

 verses that were made by Doctor Donne, and made to 



