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CHAPTER IV'. 



Angling for TROUT or GRAYLING, divided into three 

 branches. 



PlSCATOR-JuNlOR. 



WHY! then Sir, to begin methodically, as a master 

 in any art should do ; and I will not deny, but that 

 I think myself a master in this ; I shall divide Angling 

 for THOUT, or GRAYLING, into these three ways; 

 *at the top; at the bottom; and in the middle. 

 Which three ways, though they are all of them, as I 

 shall hereafter endeavour to make it appear, in some 

 sort common to BOTH those kinds of fish, yet are they 

 not so generally and absolutely so, but that they will 

 necessarily require a distinction ; which, in due place, 

 I will also give you. 



That which we call angling at the top, is with a fly ; 

 at the bottom, with a ground-bait ; in the middle, with 

 a minnow or ground-bait. 



Angting-at-the-top is of two sorts ; with a quick fly, 

 or with an artificial-fly. 



That we call Angling-at-the-bottom, is also of two 

 sorts; by hand, or with a cork or float. 



That we call Angling-in-the-middle, is also of two 

 sorts : with a Minnow, for a Trout, or, with a ground- 

 bait, for a Grayling. 



Of all which several sorts of angling, I will, if you 

 can have the patience to hear me, give you the best 

 account I can. 



Viat. The trouble will be yours, and mine the 

 pleasure and the obligation : I beseech you therefore to 

 proceed. 



Pise. Why, then ! first, of fly-fishing. 



