5^ ^f jftiftms. 



of the D A C E ^zW D A R E. 



TT ^ ^^■?^'^''' -^'^^^ 3nd Roach^ are much of a kind 



A both in manner of feeding, cunning, goodnefs 



and commonly in fize 5> 6""uiJcis 



. The Dace or D^r^ will bite at any Fly , but efne- 

 cially 3t the Stone-cadice-fly or May-fly, the latier 



f 1^ ^^'n '" u^ • ' ^f '"^'°S ^^ ^"Oft part of May is 

 a mofl: excellent bait , floating on the top of the wa- 

 ter ; which you rnav gather great quantit.es cf from 

 the Reeds and Sedge by the water fide, or from HaT 



oravej-ltream, on which they very much deh'eht m 

 liang: alfo at Ant-flies,of which the blackilh is thi beft 

 which are found in Mole-hillsabout the Months of 

 Sim, July, AugHfi and September. The way of pre- 

 serving them for your ufe is, to put them alive into a 



^f^v V^^^'""^^'^ ^'^'^ ^^^^^'^ ^o"ie of the 

 Sm. ?'l^^ J^^^" ^j^e"c^ yougatherd them, with 

 fome of the Roots of the Grafs of the faid.Hillock • 

 leaving laid your Ant-flies in gently without preiu- 

 dicing their Wmgs, lay a clod of Earth over it • thus 

 you may keep them a Month , if you bruife them not. 

 It you would keep them longer, put them into a large 

 Rmidlet, having firll wafh'd the infide with water 

 and Honey : having thus kept them three Months 

 tney are anincomparabie Bait in any Stream and clear 

 Water, either for Dace, Dare or Roach, and are good 

 bot^ Q ^ ^-^■'^^^«^^^, fifting within a handful from the 



The beft time for making ufe of the Ant-flie,is when 

 they fwarm, and that is generally about the latter end 

 or /^(y, and begming c^i u^uguji , they will cover a 

 ^rce or Bulh with their multitude, and then if you 



make 



