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make steadily off to some favourite hole, never rising 

 from the bottom, but run straight a-head till you are 

 broke, in consequence of having no more line to give 

 him, he strikes the line with his tail, and being so very 

 powerful, often succeeds in breaking your hold ; when 

 he runs as above stated, your only plan is to follow 

 him with the boat. 



I prefer, when Ledger fishing, a piece of clay 

 ground bait, worked on a hollow piece of bone or 

 ivory, placed in lieu of lead, on the piece of bone 

 there should be fixed some pins sticking out all 

 round, this prevents the clay from being washed off, 

 and I have been more successful this way than any 

 other ; this is called the clay ledger. 



Another way to angle for Barbel is the same as for 

 Roach and Dace, but this being finer fishing you are 

 more likely to get broke, unless you are a skilful 

 Angler, and then it is rare sport. Barbel are obsti- 

 nate to a degree, I held one when fishing for Roach 

 and Dace at Hampton for 20 minutes, without the 

 least appearance of a move, but at last he started as 

 before described, and before the boat could be loosed, 

 I was broke. 



Ground bait with clay, bran, and greaves broke 

 very fine before they are scalded ; take care to have 

 large white pieces for your hook, you cannot well use 

 too much ground bait. 



Break up the greaves with a hammer, select the 

 whitest pieces for your hook, then pound the rest as 

 fine as powder with a large pestle and mortar. One 

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