4» €)f f iCbing. I 



If you would take very Jarge Eels indeed, bait youi 

 Night-hooks with fmall Roaches^ und let the Hook 

 lie in the Wouth of the Fifli. 



Of the FLOUNDER. 



Ifhal! not go about to tell you the nature of a Floun 

 der^ or give you his defcription, fince he is a Fifl 

 fo well known to every one. 



In jiprily May^ June and Jiily^ you may fifli for th< 

 Flounder all day long, either in a fwift Stream or \\ 

 the ftill Deep, but beft in the Stream. Your mofl 

 proper Baits are all forts of red Worms, Wafps an^ 

 Gentles. 



Of the GR AILING. 



WHen you angle for the GraiUng^yow muft heac 

 your Hook upon the Shank with a very (len- 

 der narrow plate of Lead, and let it be (lenderefl: at 

 the bent of the Hook, that the Bait which muft be 

 large Gralhoper, may with more facility come over 

 it : At the point let there be a Cad bait , and keep 

 the bait in continual Motion ^ and forget not to pull 

 offthe Grafhopper's Wings which are uppermoft. 



In the Months of March and A^ril^ there is an ex- 

 cellent Bait for the GraUing^ which is called a iag. 

 tail: This worm is of a paleFlefh-colour, with a vel- 

 Jow Tag on his Tail , fomcwhat lefs then half an 

 Inch long ^ which is to be found in Marled Grounds 

 and Meadows in fair weather , but not to be feen in 

 cold weather, or after a Ihowie of Rain. 



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