SOME DIRECTIONS FOR ANGLING GENERALLV. 851 



on this subject will commonly be found a more infallible 

 guide than that of a philosopher. To the angler, and to 

 sportsmen generally, such a study is well worthy their 

 attention. 



SOME DIRECTIONS FOR ANGLING GENERALLY. 



Having equipped yourself with the necessary tackle at 

 Cheek's, 132, Oxford-street, London, or from some of the nu- 

 merous persons who sell it in all parts of the country, and 

 having studied the prognostics of the Aveather which 1 have 

 given, repair to the stream fixed on for your sport. Take care 

 that you are not overheated before commencing, because, a 

 person bathed in perspiration, however robust, may take 

 cold, by standing by a cool river's side with a wet shirt. 

 Be provided with a Mackintosh cover for the shoulders, and 

 a pair of India-rubber shoes, both which may be easily carried 

 to the starting point ; the former in the pocket, and the latter 

 in your basket. But to those who are keen anglers, the 

 latter will be of no use, as he will stand in the water if it is 

 necessary, and frequently cross the stream to that side most 

 favourable for casting the line, which, if possible, should 

 always be with the wind ; but experienced fishers can throw 

 the hook against the wind, if it is not too strong. But no 

 man whatever should wade up to the waist, as this has been 

 known to bring on fevers, that have terminated in abscesses, 

 and endangered the loss of limbs. 



When an angler arrives at a river he is unacquainted with, 

 he should find out the eddies, which are generally at the 

 corner of a stream, and there the large fish lie, waiting for 

 their food which the current brings down, and which the 

 eddy, by its circular motion, gives them time to seize. The 

 larger will not permit the smaller fish to occupy these sta- 

 tions ; the latter are, therefore, in rapid, but more abun- 



