BIBLIOTHECA PISCATOHIA. 143 



Manuscripts. Continued. 



Trolling. A treatise on the art of taking pike, perch, chub, 

 etc., with the trimmer, to whicli is aiided a descripiioii of 

 tile necessary tackle, together witii directions for its use, etc^ 

 with pencil drawings. 



[ Prepared for |Hil)lic;ili()n ;uul dated Nov. 1820. At Prince's 

 sale, 7s.] 



Venatio. De venatione et piscatione. 



[A MS., apparentlv of the 17th ccntm y, forineiiy in the col- 

 lection of Baron Grandjean d'Altevilie, dispersed April, 1862.] 



White (William). The compleat troller by Robert Nobbes 

 with additions, etc. 



[ A copv of the first Norwich edition of " The Compleat Troller," 

 wiih lari^e manuscript additions, concernin<r the nature of the pike 

 and " the various wavs of hshin"; for that lish as practis'd by the 

 anticnts, with those ini])iv)vements ( since Mr. Notibes wrote) as 

 the hand of time is apt to add to the most accomplish'd art or 

 science.. .wiUi notes and observations upon the whole made at 

 sundrv times from mv own pi-actise ami experience. Wm. White, 

 ^Voodford, Essex. 1 772." Tiie work appears to have been pre- 

 pared for the press. The MS. additions are divided into nine 

 chapters, with drawings of "the instruments made use of at 

 present." hi the collection of Mr. (irego.] 



Williamson (James). Memoranda of the expenses, etc., 

 incurred during several fishing excursions in North and 

 South Wales, in the years i794-q5-q6 by Ed. Banner, Wm. 

 Smeathman, and James Williamson, Esqrs., giving also the 

 number of tish caught, and other curious details. 4°. 



[ This MS. is referred to bv Yarrell, in his "British Fishes." 

 It was jnirchased by Burn at Tayleure's sale for £,2 12s., and sold 

 at Prince's sale for 9s. 6d. On the former occasion it was cata- 

 logued as " The journal of a tishing party in 1794-7, r/r."] 



Original collections and extracts from various 



authors relative to fishing. By James Williamson, of 

 Liverpool. 13 vols. 4°. 



[.AtTaylieure's sale, £i) 8s. 6 J.] 



Original collections relative to fishing, containing 



biogiaphical accounts of several eminent piacators. By 

 James Wi.liamson, of Liverpool. 

 [At Tavlieure's sale, ;^2.] 



March (J.) The jolly angler ; or water-side companion. 

 Containing an account of all the best places for angling, the 

 means used to obtain permission, as well as an account of 

 the different sorts of fish contained therein ; the tackle, baits, 

 and other requisites to form an expert angler : with a 

 correct desciiplion of tying hooks, making artificial flies, 

 repairing tackle, etc. The whole iilustiated with eighty wood 



