240 BIBLIOTHECA PISCATORIA. 



conclusions. London, 1651. 12°.; after-wards as: 



Hocus pocus : or a rich cabinet of legerdemain curiosities... 



shewing, i. How to cleave money... 16. To fox fish and fowl... 



With many other natural and artificial conclusions. Adorn'd 



with above 40 curious cuts. By J. White... Sold at the Ring 



in Little Britain. [1715?] 12°. 



[ The reference to fishing is very slight, but there is a humorous 

 receipt " To catch fish in a dark night with a candle under water."] 



"Whitney ( John). The genteel recreation : or, the pleasure of 

 angling. A poem. With a dialogue between Piscator and 

 Corydon. By John Whitney, a lover of the angle. London, 

 printed in the year. 1700. pp. xii. 70. 12°.; Reprinted: 

 [London], J. H. Burn, 1820. pp. xiv. 78. 12°. 



[ 100 copies were taken of the reprint, two being on vellum. 

 The original edition does not appear to have been pubHshed. Copies 

 of it are rare. 



John Whitney's vocation seems to have been to chant, with 

 "sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of music," the praises of 

 "John Hyde, Esq." and his "great fish-pond at Heaver," and his 

 "waterworks," and his "summer-house," and every thing that was 

 his. His rhymes are in the Bombastes Furioso style, and are suffi- 

 ciently ridiculous to be somewhat amusing. Ed. 1700, at Prince's 

 sale £2 8s.] 



"Wilcocks (J. C.) The sea-fisherman, or fishing pilotage. 

 Comprising the chief methods of hook and line fishing in the 

 British and other seas, a glance at nets, and remarks on boats 

 and boating. With... illustrations. Guernsey, Barbet, (1865). 

 196 pp. 8°.; 



The sea fisherman ; comprising the chief methods of hook 

 and line fishing... and remarks on nets, boats and boating... 

 Illustrated. Second edition, much enlarged and almost en- 

 tirely rewritten. London, 1868. pp. xv. 303. 8°.; Third 

 edition. London, Longman, 1875. pp. xvi. 323. 8°. 



Wildfowler, pseud. Shooting and fishing trips in England, 

 France, Alsace, Belgium, Holland and Bavaria. ( Second 

 series. Shooting, yachting and sea fishing trips, etc. Papers 

 ...contributed. ..to "■ BelTs Life in London''' under the signa- 

 ture of " W." and to " The Sporting Gazette " and to " The 

 Country^^ under..." Snapshot," etc.( 4 vol. London, 

 1876-7. 8°. 



Shooting adventures, canine lore and sea-fishing 



trips. By " Wildfowler," " Snapshot " (of the Field). 2 vol. 

 London, Chapman and Hall ; Sydenham, [printed.] 1879 

 [1878]. 8°. 



[ Sea-fishing trips, vol. ii., p. 175. The author is Mr. Clements.] 



V^illiams ( F. T.) The angler's pocket diary and monthly 



