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bait, especially for barbels and eels, which seem, by 

 their habits, most likely to reward the angler's deviation 

 with success. 



Thus much for such baits as may be applied to the 

 common practices of bottom-fishing. 1 shall now pro- 

 ceed to what we may term the more noble parts of the 

 amusement, viz. trolling, roving, and dipping, in all 

 which die baits and tackle differ from what have been 

 already described as appertaining to the first division of 

 tliis branch. 



I shall commence with instructing the learner in the 

 mode of angling for fishes of prey, such as the salmon f 

 the trout, the jack, and the perch, with 



Live Baits. 



Under this head we may comprise all those small 

 fishes, of whatever kind, which have a glittering side } 

 or which, from their being usually preyed on by the 

 larger classes, are adapted to this purpose. 



Thus the minnow, the bull-head, the 'loach, the pink, 

 the stickleback, and the gudgeon, are all excellent as live 

 baits ; observing, that the stickleback must be divested 

 of his prickles by means of a pair of scissars; and that 

 the size of the bait ought to correspond with that of the 

 fish intended to be taken therewith. 



The lesser baits are best calculated for perch, or for 

 eels, while the middle sized are proper for trouts, where 

 they run to a good size, such as four or five pounds; and 

 the gudgeons, or even small dace, roach, chub, &c. not 

 exceeding six or seven inches in length, are appropriate 



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