48 ABT OF ANGLING. 



which a box swivel is attached to help the bait to 

 turn freely* 



THE TEOLLEE'S DAT. 



This tale presents such a "living portrait" of 

 an October day's sport, that we shall make no 

 apology to Mr. Salter for extracting it entire from 

 his work on Angling, for the amusement of our 

 readers. 



" I seldom to the rivers went, 

 But either Jack or Pike I took." 



" About ten o'clock, the latter end of October, 

 the weather being very favourable for trolling, and 

 the water of a good colour, I walked to the river 

 Lea, where, by appointment, I met a young angler, 

 with an haversack slung over his shoulder, a trolling 

 rod under his arm, and in his pocket a book of 

 trolling tackle, consisting of hooks of various sizes, 

 baiting needles, sewing needles, silk, thread, a dis- 

 gorger, scissors, &c. ; also a box with half-a-dozen 

 bait fish in it, well sprinkled with bran, and inside 

 his jacket (on the left hand side) he had placed a 

 landing hook (the point of which was stuck fast 

 into a cork, to prevent it accidentally injuring 

 him, in case of a slip or fall), fixed to a telescope 

 jointed rod. Some anglers hang the hook through a 



