44 ART OF ANGLING. 



Ill lakes and ponds the following trimmer 

 frequently meets with success ; tie about a yard 

 of twine fast to the neck of a blown bladder, (a 

 common wine bottle well corked will answer the 

 same purpose,) to the end of which attach the 

 bottom before described, or, if the bait be not 

 too large, single hooks tied to a piece of gimp 

 may be used instead, the bait to be suspended 

 by the back fin ; after baiting, it is to be started 

 on the water before a brisk wind. When a Pike 

 has taken the bait you will perceive the water 

 agitated in the most violent manner, arid after 

 an amusing and desperate struggle, the bladder 

 or bottle will kill the heaviest of fish. 



Walton says, that if a short line, with a live 

 bait attached, be fastened round the body, or 

 wings, of a goose or duck, and she chaced over 

 a pond, will make excellent sport. 



A rod twelve feet long, and a ring of wire, 



A winder and barrel, will help thy desire 



In killing a Pike: hut the forked stick, 



With a slit and a Madder ; and that other fine trick, 



Which our artists call snap, with a goose or a duck, 



Will kill two for one if you have any luck: 



The gentry of Shropshire do merrily smile, 



To see a goose and a belt the fish to beguile. 



When a Pike suns himself, and a frogging doth go, 



The two-iriched hook is better, I know, 



Than the ord'nary snaring. But still I must cry, 



When the Pike is at home, mind the cookery. 



Barker's Art of Angling. 



The Leiger. 



The rod and line for leiger, or live-bait fish- 

 ing, must be strong and of a length adapted to 

 the water in which you intend angling ; the 



