The Complete Angler. 153 



Frog, that he may continue long a- 

 live : 



Put your hook into his mouth, 

 which you may eafily do from a- 

 bout the middle of April till Auguft, 

 and then the Frogs mouth grows up 

 and he continues fo for at leaft fix 

 months without eating, but is fu- 

 ftained, none, but hewhofe name is 

 Wonderful, knows how. I fay, put 

 y ourhook, I mean the arming wire, 

 through his mouth and out at his 

 gills, and then with a fine needle 

 and Silk fow the upper part of his 

 leg with only one ftitch to the arm- 

 ed wire of your hook, or tie the 

 frogs leg above the upperjoint to the 

 armed wire, and in fo doing ufe him 

 as though you loved him, that is, 

 harme him as little as you maypof- 

 fibly, that he may live the longer. 



And now, having given you this 

 direction for the baiting your ledger 

 hook with a live fifh or frog, my 

 next muft be to tell you, how your 



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