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Of the STICKLEBAG. 



THis Fifli is fm?ill, prickly, nnd without Scales and 

 not worth the conhderaiior, but that he is an 

 excellent bait for Tn uts, cfpeciary if his Tail on the 

 Hook be turned round, 9X which ^Trout will bite 

 more eagerly than at Tcr^K Kjach, or ^'^^ov, ^^^ 

 Loach is every whit as good a bait ^s the SnAUb^g, 

 provided you place either aright on the Hook. 1 o 

 the intent you rr>ay do it, take this oblervation .-the 

 nimble turning of the Pen^M^r^r^ow, Loach, ov Sttc- 

 klchag, is the perfedion of that fo; t of '^^^^'^^'J^^^ 

 you may attain thereunto, note, [hat you mtlft put 

 your Hook into the Mouth of anv the forefeid Baits 

 Ld out athis Tail, tying him taft with white thread 

 a little above it, in fuch manner that he rnay urn^^f- 

 terthisfowup his mbuih, and your ^efign is accom- 

 plifhed. This way of baiting is very tempting for 

 arge Troms. and feldome fails the Angler's expedta. 

 tion. This fifh in fome places is called a BanThchle, 



Of the SALMON. 



TH E Salmm evermore breed in Rivers that arc 

 not brackifh, yetdifcharge themfelves into the 

 Sea, and fpawn commonly in ^^^#, which become 

 sllets in the Spring following. The Melter and 

 Spawner having both performed their natural dut> , 

 thev then betake themlelves to the Sea. I have known 

 that when they have been obftrufted in their palfagc, 

 thev have grown fo impatient, that, clapping their 

 TaUs to their Mouths with afudden fpringthey 

 ^av leapt clear over Wear, or any other obMe 



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