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has Trout ; also the Darent, or Dartford creek, 

 may boast of many very fine Trout at Cray- 

 ford, Bexley, Foot's-Cray, Paul's-Cray, &c. 

 and near the powder-mills, through and near 

 Darent, and Horton, to Farnirigham, in Kent. 

 At Rickmansworth in Hertfordshire, and its 

 neighbourhood, are several good Trout streams, 

 and from thence to Uxbridge, in Middlesex : 

 at the latter place the angler may indulge 

 himself in angling for Trout by paying a cer- 

 tain sum, but if he meets with any success he 

 must also pay for the fish he takes. 



I have found, by long experience, that 

 spinning a Minnow is the most killing way of 

 angling for large Trout, and therefore give the 

 following description of the manner of baiting 

 hooks for this purpose, illustrated with a cut, 

 representing the Minnow baited for spinning. 

 Two, three, and four hooks are sometimes 

 used, but I think that two answer better than 

 more : Nos. 3 and 4, each tied separately on 



