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when an Eel takes your bait, he draws the worm 

 off the sniggle, this is called a take off; give him 

 a little time to feed, then tug the line, the needle 

 will be fixed across his throat, get him out by gentle 

 means, rather than force, for he will hold round any 

 thing rather than quit his haunt. This way is best 

 performed between the months of April and July, 

 when the water is low and bright, and, in my opinion, 

 certainly the most successful and only pleasant way of 

 taking Eels with a rod and line. 



Eels are sometimes taken by bottom fishing, but 

 when this has happened to me, I have always consi- 

 dered (as Pat says,) that I gained a loss ; most of the 

 Lea fishers are excellent snigglers, and, by a practical 

 lesson, will readily instruct any true Brother Bob in 

 an hour. I may here observe, the lightest hand will 

 make the best sniggler. 



THE PIKE. 



SONG. PETER PIKE. 

 (TUNE.) " With a Helmet on his Brow." 



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Not long ago there lived 

 A man called Peter Pike, 

 Who dearly lov'd to troll for Jack, 

 In river, pond, or dyke. 



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