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day in Summer, I have taken ma- 

 ny a good Ee/e by fnigling, and 

 have been much pleafed with that 

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And becaufe you that are but a 

 young Angler, know not whaty/z/g"- 

 ling is,I wil now teach it to you:you 

 remember I told you that Eeles do 

 not ufually ftir in the day time, for 

 then they hide themfelvs under fome 

 covert, or under boards, or planks 

 about Floud-gates,orWeirs,orMils, 

 or in holes in the River banks ; and 

 you obferving your time in a warm 

 day, when the water is loweft, may 

 take a hook tied to a ftrong line, or " 

 to a firing about a yard long, and 

 then into one of thefe holes, or be- 

 tween any boards about a Mill, or 

 under any great ftone or plank, or a- 

 ny place where you think an E le 

 may hide or fhelter her felfe, there 

 with the help of a fhort ftick put in 

 your bait, but leifurely, and as far 

 as vou may conveniently ; and it is 



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