BEST'S ART OF ANGLING. 



and the best tifcneof theday in that season is, from 

 sim rise, to eight o'clock, in a gentle stream, the 

 water being rather thick, and curled with a good 

 breeze. Some say that breams and roaches will 

 mix their eggs and milt together, therefore the 

 angler in many places will meet with a bastard 

 breed of breams, that never come to be either 

 good or large, but very numerous. There is 

 more time thrown away in angling for this fish 

 than I think he is worth ; being in my opinion 

 very insipid. He delights in the deepest and 

 widest parts of the water, and if the bottom is 

 clear and saiidy it is the better. His baits are 

 gentles^ red-worms, gilt-tails, and grasshoppers: 

 when he takes your bait he makes for the oppo- 

 site shore, therefore give him play, for though 

 he is a strong-made fish, he will not struggle 

 much, but in two or three turns, fall on one side, 

 and you may land him very easily. Angle for 

 him with a strong line, with gut at bottom, the 

 hook No. 4, and throw in the place you intend 

 to angle for htm, a ground bait made of malt, 

 grains, bran, blood, and clay, the night before ; 

 and you may fish with two or threelines, plumbed 

 to different depths, and follow the method which 

 is laid down for the carp. 



The French esteem this fish highly, and have 

 this proverb concerning him ; that he who has 

 Ireams in his pond, is able to bid hisjriend welcome. 

 The best part of a bream is his belly and head. 



LUCIUS, 



The Pike\ is a very long-lived fish, according 

 to Lord Bacon and Ge&ner\ who say he outlives 

 all others. He is called the tyrant of the waters, 

 and will almost seize upon any thing, nay unna- 



