160 LONDON ANGLER'S BOOK, 



Tis true I've been guilty of many bad tricks, 



But each vice I've entirely forsaken ; 

 Let's agree from this day that no anger shall pass, 



But each be to each as a brother, 

 To fall out and quarrel is only a farce, 



With a half dozen of one and six of the other. 

 When this, &c. 



8. 



Little Hick said, I own, if you wish to be friends, 



I'm not free from faults, as there's nothing perfection ; 

 At every point, so our quarrel ends, 



In youv offer I see no objection ; 

 But when you broke out so fierce and so loud, 



I confess it put me on my mettle ; 

 But as we have neither much cause to be proud, 



And we all of us know what the pot call'd the kettle. 

 With this, &c. 



RODS. 



I would advise the Angler to procure a rod of about 

 2 feet 2 inches in the joint, this made of the best bamboo 

 with various tops, for trolling, Roach, and Perch fish- 

 ing ; and if he has a white cane joint or two extra, he 

 will find it an advantage in Roach angling, being much 

 lighter and stiffer, it will strike truer ; such a rod will 

 go in your pocket, and be useful and portable. 



In my remarks upon fly fishing, I have made some 

 allusion to the length of a fly rod. I must here state, 

 that a rod of five joints, something less than 12 feet long, 



