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down towards the bottom of the water, at the first shadow 

 of y mr rod ; for the Chub is the fearfullest of fishes ; 

 and will do so if but a bird flies over him, and makes the 

 least shadow on the water. But they will presently rise 

 up (o the top a<rain, and there lie soaring till some sha- 

 dow affrights them again. I say, when they lie upon 

 the top of the water, look out the best Chub ; which you, 

 setting yourself in a fit place, may very easily see ; and 

 move your rod, as softly as a snail moves, to that Chub 

 you intend to catch ; let your bait fall gently upon the 

 water three or four inches before him, and he will infal- 

 libly take the bait. And you will be as sure to catch 

 him ; for he is one of the leather- mouthed fishes, of 

 which a hook does scarce ever lose its hold, and 

 therefore give him play enough before you offer to take 

 him out of the water. Go your way presently ;' take 

 my rod, and do as I bid you ; and 1 will sit down and 

 mend my tackling till you return back. 



Ven. Truly, my loving master, you have offered 

 me as fair as I could wish. 1'U go and observe your 

 directions. 



Look you, master, what I have done ! that which 

 joys my heart, caught just such another Chub as yours 

 was. 



Pise. Marry ! and I am glad of it : I am like to 

 have a towardly scholar of you. I now see, that with 

 advice and practice, you will make an angler in a shorf; 

 time. Have but a love to it ; and I'll warrant you. 



Ven. But, master ! what if I could not have found 

 a grashopper? 



Pise. Then I may tell you, That a black snail, with 

 his belly slit, to shew his white ; or a pieqe of soft cheese ; 

 will usually do as well. Nay, sometimes a worm ; or 

 any kind of fly, as the ant-fly, the fleshfly, or wall-fly ; 

 or the dor or beetle, which you may find under cow- 

 dung ; or a bob, which you will find in the same place, 

 and in time will be a beetle, it is a short white worm, 

 like to and bigger than a gentle ; or a cod- worm ; or a 

 case-worm ; any of these will do very well to fish in such 

 a manner. 



And after this manner you may catch a Trout, in a 



