ANCIENT ANGLING AUTHORS 167 



weighted line, furnished with about a dozen roach 



O 



hooks on bristles, lies on the bottom of the river, the 

 angler holding one end of the line in his hand ; after 

 feeling two or three tugs, he pulls up ; and frequently 

 takes several fish at once ; the hooks are baited with 

 either small white snails or with periwinkles. 



Various receipts are given for cooking the different 

 kinds of fish, and a chapter is devoted to describing 

 the preservation of fish in stews and fish ponds. 

 This very exhaustive treatise then concludes with a 

 chapter on the Laws concerning Angling, and an 

 Appendix containing Prognostics of the Weather 

 and other useful hints. 



