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those roots in the water, till all the mud and dirt be 

 washed away from them, then amongst the small strings 

 or fibres that grow to the roots, you will find little husks 

 or cases of a reddish, or yellowish, and some of other 

 colours ; open these carefully with a pin, and you will 

 find in them a little small worm, white as a gentle, but 

 longer and thinner; this is an excellent bait for the 

 Tench, the Bream, and especially the Carp : if you pull 

 the flags asunder, and cut open the round stalk, you will 

 also find a worm like the former in the husks; but 

 tougher, and in that respect better. 



CHAP. VII. 



OF SEVERAL HADNTS OR RESORTS OF FISH, AND IN WHAT 



RIVERS OR PLACES OF THEM THEY ARE MOST 



USUALLY FOUND. 



THIS part of our discourse being a discovery of the 

 several places or rivers each kind of fish do most 

 haunt or covet, and in which they are ordinarily found. 

 The several sorts of rivers, streams, soils, and 

 waters they most frequent, is a matter, in this under- 

 valued art, of no small importance ; for if you come with 

 baits for the Trout, or Umber, and angle for them in 

 slow muddy rivers or places, you will have little, if any 

 sport at all : and to seek for Carp or Tench in stony 

 swift rivers, is equally preposterous ; and though I know 

 that sometimes you may meet with fish in such rivers 

 and places, as they do not usually frequent, for no ge- 



