m f iftfns- 5 1 



angler) it muft be alive, flicking your H^o\ through 

 lis upper Lip orbackFin,anc! letting him iwim about 

 [lid-water, or iomcwhat lower-, tor which purpof* 

 'ou muft have an indifferent large Cork with a Qiiill 



>n your Line. .,, t • j 



I always make ufe of a /;ood ftrong Siik L!nc,?nd a 

 rood Hook arm'd with Wyre, io that if aP^%do 

 ■omelmavbc provided for him, and have by this 

 neans taken feveral.. I ufealfo to carry aTm-poc 

 )f about two quarts or three pints, m which to- 

 ceep my Mhmovsfs cr Gudgeons alive : the Lid or 

 the Pot is full of little holes, (o that lean give them 

 fredi Water without openingif, which ought to 

 be about every quarter of an hour, left they die. 



If you take afmall Cafcing^net with you, you may 

 It a caft or two take baits enough to ferve you all day 

 without farther trouble. 



When you fifh with a Frog, you muft faften the 

 riook.through the skin of his Leg towards the upper 



pait thereof. , i »j r ^ 



The Pe^rch is none of the Leather-mouth d fort 

 ^ffiflies : and therefore when he bites give him time 

 enough to pouch his bait, left when yon think all 

 rure, his hold break out, and you lofe your fifiiand 

 V our patience too. . . , 



The beft place to Ffh for Pearches is m the turning 

 Df the Water, or Edwing in a good Gravel Scoure, 

 where you will not fail of them, and Rutts betore 



fpoke of. . „ r n. y \' 



He that will take a Pearch muft nrft take notice 

 that this fiih feeds well, and bice, f edy . Let the Ang- 

 ler over-night bait his ground with Lob- worms chopt 

 in pieces ; and in the morning let him come to the 

 place, where he muft firft plumb hIsground,then gage 

 his Line and bait his hook with a red knotted worm, 

 or a Mimow.vihkh is better in my opinion : the hoo^ 



K 5 mult; 



