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ANCIENT ANGLING AUTHORS 



The chief addition to the angling portion deals 

 with " the way to take a Salmon " : 



I will now shew you the way to take a Salmon. 



The first thing you must gain must be a rod of 

 some ten foot in the stock, that will carry a top of six 

 foot pretty stiffe and strong, the reason is, because 

 there must be a little wire ring at the upper end of 

 the top for the line to run through, that you may 

 take up and loose the line at your pleasure ; you 

 must have your winder within two foot of the bottom 

 to goe on your rod made in this manner, with a 

 spring, that you may put it on as low as you please. 



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The Salmon swimmeth most commonly in the 

 midst of the river. In all his travells his desire is to 

 see the uppermost part of the river, travelling on 

 his journey in the heat of the day he may take a 

 bush ; if the fisherman espy him, he goeth at him 

 with a speare, so shortneth his journey. 



The angler that goeth to catch him with a line and 

 hook, must angle for him as nigh the middle of the 

 water as he can with one of these baits : He must take 

 two lobworms baited as handsomely as he can, that 

 the four ends may hang meet of a length, and so angle 

 as nigh the bottom as he can, feeling your plummet 

 run on the ground some twelve inches from the hook : 

 if you angle for him with a flie (which he will rise at 



