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a ad fro, and if there be a good Trout 

 in the hole, hewiltakeit, efpeciaJ- 

 ly if the night be dark; for then lie 

 lies boldly necr the top of the water, 

 watching the motion of any Frog or 

 Water-moufe> or Rat betwixt him 

 and the skie, which he hunts for if 

 hefees thewater butwrinkle or move 

 in one of thefe dead holes, where 

 the great Trouts ufually lye neer to 

 their hold. 



And you muft fiih for him with a 

 itrong line, and not a little hook, 

 and let him have time to gorge your 

 hook, for he does not ufually for- 

 fake it, as he oft will in the day- 

 fifhing: and if the night be not dark, 

 then fifh fo with an Artificial fly d a 

 light colour; nay he will fometimes 

 rife at a dead Moufe cr a piece of 

 cloth, or any thing thr.t feemes to 

 fwim crofs the water,ortobe in mo- 

 tion : this is a choice way, but I 

 have not oft ufed it becaufe it u void 

 of the pleafa:es that fuch dcyes as 



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