3 2. J^f f tftins. 



If it be a warm clear day, there is no Bait fo good 

 for the Ble^^k: as a fmall FJy at the top of the water, 

 which they will take at any time of the day,butefpe- 

 cialiy in the evening : there is no fiflithat yields better 

 fport for a young Angler than this, for they are fo ea- 

 ger that they wili leap out of the water at the Bait. 



Iftheday becoldand cloudy, Gentles or Cadicc 

 arc befe about two foot under water. 



This fame 5/f^^ by fome is called, a Frefh-water- 

 fprat, orRiver-fwallovf, by reafonof his continual 

 motion. 



Some would have him called ^/f^^from the whitifli 

 colour, and that is onely under his Belly/or his Back 

 is of a pleafant Sea-green. 



• There is another way of taking Bleaks, by whip- 

 ping them in a Boat or on a Bank-fide in fwift Water 

 in a Summers evening, with a Hazel-top about five or 

 Jix foot long,nnd a Line twice the length of the Rod ^ 

 but the beftway is with a Drabble that is tie eight 

 or ten fmall Hooks along a Line two Inches above one ^ 

 another the biggcfl: Hook the lowermoft, by which 

 you may fomctimestakea better Fifh, and bait them 

 with Gentles, Flies, or fmall red Worms, by which 

 means you may take half a dozen or more at one 

 lime. 



of the B IT L L-.H T.A D , <?r M 1 L- 

 LEii'S-THU MB. 



TH E Bitli-hcad is a Filli which hath a broad Head 

 andwide Mouth, with two broad Fins near his 

 Ey6s, and two Fins under his Belly : inlloadofhis 

 Teeth his roaoh Lips aflill him in nibbing at the bait, 

 Hchath Fins alfo on his Back, and one below the 

 Yenti andhisTailisiOund, his Body being all over 



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