CHAP. XII.J THE COMPLETE ANGLER. 



And the baits for this bold fish 



are not many : I mean, he will bite as well at some or at any 

 of these three, as at any or all others whatsoever, a worm, a 

 minnow, or a little frog, of which you may find many in hay- 

 time : and of worms the dunghill-worm, called a Brandling, I 

 take to be best, being well scoured in moss or fennel ; or he 

 will bite at a worm that lies under cow-dung, with a bluish 

 head. And if you rove for a Pearch with a minnow, then it 

 is best to be alive, you sticking your hook through his back 

 fin ; or a minnow with a hook in his upper lip, and letting him 

 swim up and down, about mid-water or a little lover, and you 

 still keeping him to about that depth by a cork, which ought 

 not to be a very little one : and the like way you are to fish for 

 the Pearch, with a small frog, your hook being fastened 

 through the skin of his leg, towards the upper part of it : and 

 lastly, I will give you but this advice, that you give the Pearch 

 time enough when he bites, for there was scarce ever any An- 

 gler that has given him too much. And now I think best to 

 rest myself, for I have almost spent my spirits with talking so 

 long. 



VEN. Nay, good Master, one fish more, for you see it rains 

 still, and you know our Angles are like money put to usury ; 

 they may thrive, though we sit still and do nothing but talk 

 and enjoy one another. Come, come, the other fish, good 

 Master. 



