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I'll tell you, Scholar, several countries have se- 

 veral kinds of Cadises, that indeed differ as much 

 as dogs do : that is to say, as much as a very cur 

 and a greyhound do. These be usually bred in the 

 very little rills or ditches that run into bigger ri- 

 vers ; and, I think, a more proper bait for those very 

 rivers, than any other. I know not, or of what, 

 this Cadis receives life, or what coloured fly it turns 

 to ; but doubtless, they are the death of many 

 Trouts : and this is one killing way. 



Take one, or more if need be, of these large yel- 

 low Cadis : pull off his head, and with it pull out his 

 black gut ; put the body, as little bruised as is pos- 

 sible, on a very little hook, armed on with a red 

 hair, which will shew like the Cadis-head ; and a 

 very little thin lead, so put upon the shank of the 

 hook that it may sink presently. Throw this bait, 

 thus ordered, which will look very yellow, into any 

 great still hole where a Trout is, and he will pre- 

 sently venture his life for it, 'tis not to be doubted, 

 if you be not espied ; and that the bait first touch 

 the water, before the line : and this will do best in 

 the deepest stillest water. 



Next let me tell you, I have been much pleased 

 to walk quietly by a brook with a little stick in my 

 hand, with which I might easily take these and 

 consider the curiosity of their composure : and if 

 you shall ever like to do so, then note, that your 

 stick must be a little hazel or willow ; cleft, or have 

 a nick at one end of it, by which means you may 



