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any thing, for he is a greedy fifh : 

 out the Ee/e feldomeftirs in the day, 

 but then hides himfelfe, and there- 

 fore he is ufually caught by night, 

 with one of thefe baits of which I 

 have fpoken, and then caught by 

 laying hooks, which you are to faft- 

 en to the bank,or twigs of a tree; or 

 by throwing a firing crofs the 

 ftream, with many hooks at it, and 

 baited with the forefaid baits, and 

 a clod or plummet, or ftone,thrown 

 into the River with this line, that fo 

 you may in the morning find it neer 

 toibme fixt place, and then take it 

 up with a drag-hook or otherwife : 

 but thefe things are indeed too com- 

 mon to be fpoken of; and an hours 

 fifhing with any Angler will teach 

 you better, both for thefe, and ma- 

 ny other common things in the pra- 

 ctical part of Angling, then a weeks 

 difcourfe. I (hall therefore con- 

 clude this direction L>r taking the 

 Ee/e, by telling you, tiiat in a warm 

 O day 



