THE SECOND DAY. 



CHAPTER IV. 



PlSCATOR. 



A17HY then, Sir, to begin methodically, as a master in any 

 ' * art should do, and I will not deny but that I think 

 myself a master in this, I shall divide Angling for Trout or 

 Grayling into these three ways : at the top, at the bottom, 

 and in the middle ; which three ways, though they are all of 

 them, as I shall hereafter endeavor to make it appear, in some 

 sort common to both those kinds of fish, yet are they not so 

 generally and absolutely so but that they will necessarily requiie 

 a distinction ; which, in due place, I will also give you. 



That which we call angling at the top is with a fly ; at the 

 bottom, with a ground -bait; in the middle, with a minnow, 

 or ground-bait. 



Angling at the top is of two sorts : with a quick-fly, or with 

 an artificial-fly. 



That we call angling at the bottom is also of two sorts : by 

 the hand, or with a cork or float. 



That we call angling in the middle is also of two sorts : with 

 a minnow for a Trout, or with a ground-bait for a Grayling. 



Of all which several sorts of Angling I will, if you can 

 have the patience to hear me, give you the best account I can. 



VIAT. The trouble will be yours, and mine the pleasure and 

 the obligation. I beseech you, therefore, to proceed. 



Pise. Why, then, first of Fly-fishing. 



