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or roots of trees, but swims in the deep and broad parts of the 

 water, and usually in the middle, and near the ground, and that 

 there you are to fish for him ; and that he is to be caught as 

 the Trout is, with a worm, a minnow, which some call a Penk, 

 or with a fly. 



And you are to observe, that he is very seldom observed to 

 bite at a minnow, yet sometimes he will, and not usually at a 

 fly, but more usually at a worm, and then most usually at a 

 Lob or garden-worm, which should be well scoured, that is to 

 say, kept seven or eight days in moss before you fish with them : 

 and if you double your time of eight into sixteen, twenty, or 

 more days, it is still the better ; for the worms will still be 

 clearer, tougher, and more lively, and continue so longer upon 

 your hook. And they may be kept longer by keeping them 

 cool and in fresh moss; and some advise to put camphire 

 into it. 



Note also, that many use to fish for a Salmon with a ring of 

 wire on the top of their rod, through which the line may run 

 to as great a length as is needful when he is hooked. And to 

 that end, some use a wheel about the middle of their rod, or 

 near their hand, which is to be observed better by seeing one 

 of them, than by a large demonstration of words. 



And now I shall tell you that which may be called a secret. 

 I have been a-fishing with old Oliver Henley, now with God, 

 a noted fisher both for Trout and Salmon, and have observed 

 that he would usually take three or four worms out of his bag, 

 and put them into a little box in his pocket, where he would 

 usually let them continue half an hour or more before he would 

 bait his hook with them ; I have asked him his reason, and he 

 has replied, " He did but pick the best out to be in readiness 

 against he baited his hook the next time" : but he has been 

 observed, both by others and by myself, to catch more fish 

 than I or any other body that has ever gone a-fishing with him 

 could do, and especially Salmons. And I have been told 

 lately, by one of his most intimate and secret friends, that the 



