62 BEST'S ART OF ANGLING. 



They spawn the beginning of July ; the pro- 

 per time to angle for them is early and late in the 

 months of May, June, the latter end of July, and 

 in August. You must use a strong line with gut, 

 at bottom. The hook, No. 2 or 3, and a quill 

 float; the depth about two feet. He bites best 

 at red worms, if you dip them first in tar; at all 

 sorts of paste made up with strong- scented oils, 

 and at one made with the inside of a roll and 

 honey. Also at cad- worms, lol-worms, flag- 

 worms, gentles 9 marsh-worms, and soft boiled 

 Iread-grain. Besides the river Stour in Dorset- 

 shire, so particularly recommended for plenty of 

 tench and eels, there is Brecknock Mere, in Breck- 

 nockshire, being two miles in length, and as much 

 in breadth, full of perches, tenches, and eels. 



N. B. One river tench is worth ten pond. 



TASSER FLVVIATILIS SITE AMPHIBIOUS) 



The Flounder * ; may be fished for all day, 

 either in swift streams, or in the still deep, but 

 best in the stream, in the monthsvof April, May, 

 June and July. Your line must be a single-haired 

 one, with a small float, and the hook. No. 6 or 7. 

 Let your bait touch the ground, which may be 

 any sort of small worms, wasps, or gentles. He 

 being a fish but seldom taken with the rod and 

 line, to enlarge on the subject would be totally 

 unnecessary. 



C API TO SEU CEPUALUS, 



The Chub ; is a fish by no means in very much 

 esteem, his flesh being very coarse, and full of 



* The Flounder, and all its extensive genus of flat fish, are 

 distinguished from all others by one invariable characteristic, 

 vU that of having both the eyes orUhe same side the head. 



