be ckft, wherein you muft put a ftrong Hook, but 

 of a narrow compafs •, which Stick mult guide the 

 Bait into the Hole where the Eel is, by which means, 

 if your Tackling held, you mp.y get as large £f/j aji 

 any are in the River, Milt-pond, orFlood-gats &c. 

 And asthis way of hilling is called Smgghw, io it is 

 called Brogq^lin^ for Eels. 



Bobbra^ fot Eels is done after another mnnncr : that 

 is, Take very large Lobs, fcowr them well, and with 

 a Needle run fome ftrong-twifted Silk through them 

 from end to end ; take fo many as that you may wrap 

 them about a board a dozen times at leaft , then tie 

 them faft with the two ends of the Silk, thatthey 

 may hang in fo many Hanks •, then faften all to a 

 ftrong Cord, and about a handfnl and a half above the 

 Worms faften a Plumb of three quarters of a pound 

 in weight,and faften your Cord to a ftrong Pole : ha- 

 ving fo done., fifh in muddy Water, and you will feel 

 the £f/^ tug luftilyattheffl. . When vou think they 

 havefwallowed them as far as they can, gently draw 

 up your L ine, till you have brought your Eels to the 

 top of the water, and then bring them attiore as faft 

 as you can. The Gentleman ("and an experienced 

 Angler") from whom I received this Inftruftion, told 

 me, he hath taken fix or feven large Eels at a time this 



very way. r /- ; 



There is another way alfo for taking ot Eelf 

 (though it be foraewhnt laborious, and for that rea- 

 ftDn is beft to be made ufe of in cold weather j and 

 that is by an Inftrument called an Eel-Ipear -.it is made 

 for the moft part with three Forks or Teeth, jagged 

 on the fides ; but thole are better that have four. This 

 you are to ftrikeinto the Mud at the bottom of the 

 River-, and if you chance to light where they lie, you 

 need not fear taking them jf your inftrument be 

 good. j^ 



