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eludes his reference to the use of this implement as 

 follows : 



This is a very quaint and delicate way of 

 Trolling ; such as use it must have their Attendants 

 to assist them ; that, as the Philosopher said, Omnia 

 jnea uiecuui Porto. So they will have their Servitors 

 to carry their Implements and Tools after them ; 

 these are of more power on Shore, then in the Water, 

 and have more Authority to command their retinue 

 by the Land, than the Fish in the Waters. 



The thirteenth chapter deals with " How to preserve 

 a River for Trolling." A description is here given 

 of the different forms of nets, of which " The first and 

 greatest, which may be called the Arch-Enemy, is 

 the Drag, which is as unmerciful as an Epidemical 

 Disease." 



The fourteenth chapter, giving a description of the 

 rivers and a recipe for cooking a pike, concludes this 

 very exhaustive and interesting manual on the pike. 



