350 THE COMPLETE ANGLER. [part 11. 



thereof baited with some of the fore-named worms ; 

 and another half foot above that ; another, armed 

 and baited after the same manner, but with ano- 

 ther sort of worm, without any lead at all above : 

 by which means you will always certainly find the 

 true bottom in all depths ; which, with the plumbs 

 upon your line above you can never do, but that 

 your bait must always drag whilst you are sound- 

 ing (which in this way of Angling, must be contin- 

 ually) by which means you are like to have more 

 trouble, and peradventure worse success. And 

 both these ways of Angling at the Bottom, are most 

 proper for a dark and muddy water ; by reason 

 that in such a condition of the stream, a man may 

 stand as near as he will, and neither his own sha- 

 dow, nor the roundness of his tackle will hinder 

 his sport. 



The third way of Angling by Hand with a Ground- 

 bait, and by much the best of all other, is, with a 

 line full as long, or a yard and a half longer than 

 your rod ; with no more than one hair next the 

 hook, and for two or three lengths above it : and 

 no more than one small pellet of shot for your 

 plumb ; your hook little : your worms of the smaller 

 brandlings, very well scoured ; and only one upon 

 your hook at a time, which is thus to be baited : 

 the point of your hook is to be put in at the very 

 tag of his tail, and run up his body quite over all 

 the arming, and still stripped on an inch at least 

 upon the hair ; the head and remaining part hanging 



