2/4 THE COMPLETE ANGLER. 



And as for painting your rod, which must be in 

 oil, you must first make a size with glue and water 

 boiled together until the glue be dissolved, and 

 the size of a lye-color ; then strike your size upon 

 the wood with a bristle, or a brush, or pencil, 

 whilst it is hot. That being quite dry, take white- 

 lead and a little red-lead and a little coal-black, 

 so much as all together will make an ash-color ; 

 grind these all together with linseed-oil, let it be 

 thick, and lay it thin upon the wood with a brush 

 or pencil ; this do for the ground of any color to 

 lie upon wood. 



For a green : Take pink and verdigris, and 

 grind them together in linseed-oil, as thin as you 

 can well grind it ; then lay it smoothly on with 

 your brush, and drive it thin : once doing, for the 

 most part, will serve, if you lay it well ; and if 

 twice, be sure your first color be thoroughly dry 

 before you lay on a second. 



Well, scholar, having now taught you to paint 

 your rod, and we having still a mile to Tottenham 

 High-Cross, I will, as we walk towards it, in the 

 cool shade of this sweet honeysuckle hedge, men- 

 tion to you some of the thoughts and joys that 

 have possessed my soul since we two met together. 

 And these thoughts shall be told you, that you 

 also may join with me in thankfulness to " the 

 Giver of every good and perfect gift " for our 

 happiness. And that our present happiness may 

 appear to be the greater, and we the more thank- 

 ful for it, I will beg you to consider with me 



