1 5 The Complete Angler. 



tempting, and a Pearch the longed 

 liv'd on a hook; you muft take your 

 knife, (which cannot be too fharp) 

 and betwixt the head and the fin on 

 his back, cut or make an infition,or 

 fuch a fear as you may put the arm- 

 ing wyer of your hook into it, with 

 as little bruifing or hurting the fifh 

 as Art and diligence will enable you 

 to do, and fo carrying your arming 

 wyer along his back, unto, or neer 

 the tail of your fiih, betwixt the skin 

 and the body of it, draw out that 

 wyer or arming of your hook at an- 

 other fear neer to his tail ; then tye 

 him about it with thred,but no hard- 

 er then of neceflitieyou muft to pre- 

 vent hurting the fifh; and the better 

 to avoid hurting the fi(h, Ibme have 

 a kind of probe to open the way, for 

 the more eafie entrance and paffage 

 of your wyer or arming: but as for 

 thefe, time and a little experience 

 will teach you better then lean by 

 words ; for of this I will for the pre- 



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