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bottom, using a running bullet. Tliis is practised 

 in the river Medway, in Kent, with success; let 

 the cockle fall into a shallow from which there is a 

 gradual descent into a deep hole. In most of the 

 salmon rivers of France, they use prawns, or 

 muscles taken out of the shell. 



It is needless to caution the young practitioner 

 against angling for salmon from September to 

 March; because during that time they usually 

 leave their haunts in the fresh for the salt water. 



The usual baits are lob-worms, small dace, gud- 

 geons, bleak, minnows, or two well-scoured dew- 

 worms, which should be often varied, in order to 

 suit the fickle humour of this iish; for the bait 

 which will allure him one day, he will pass by the 

 next, without noticing. He generally bites best 

 about three in the afternoon, in May,. June, and 

 July, especially if the water happen to be clear, 

 and there be a little breeze of wind stirring ; but 

 there will be still greater likelihood of success if the 

 wind and stream set contrary wise. 



There is a fly, called the horse-leech fly, of which 

 he is very fond ; they are of various colours, have 

 large heads and bodies, long tails, with two and 

 even three pair of wings placed behind each other: 

 behind each pair of wings, whip gold and silver 

 twist about the body, and do the same with the 

 head. With this fly angle at length, as directed 

 for trout and grayling; but if you dib, do it with 

 two or ijiree butterflies of different colours, or with 

 the most glaring small flies you can find. 



When you make use of a fly, let your hook be 

 strong and large ; but it would be better to have 

 two well-scoured lob-worms, as they will be found 

 most successful in angling at the bottom. In this. 



