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which put a handful of Salt, and a little argol, 

 and stir them till dissolved : then boil them well 

 in a sauce-pan. When the water is cold, scrape 

 your quills, and steep them in it for ten or twelve 

 days, then dry them, and rub them with a wool, 

 len cloth. 



The materials most necessary for an angler to 

 have out with him, and which may be well car- 

 ried in his pockets, are, lines coiled up ; spare 

 links ; two worm-bags, one for brandlings, &c. 

 and the other for lob-worms ; a plummet to fix 

 the depth of the water, of a pyramidal form ; a 

 gentle-box; floats and spare caps; split shot; 

 shoemakers' wax in a piece of leather ; silk ; 

 hooks, some whipped on and some loose; a 

 clearing-ring, which is of use to disengage the 

 hook when entangled ; a landing-net, to land 

 large fish with; the disgorger, which when a fish 

 has gorged the hook, by putting it down his 

 throat, till you" touch the hook, at the same time 

 pulling the line, it will easily come away. 



CHAP. III. 



The general Baits used in Angling, where found, and 

 how preserved. 



THE reader being furnished with the best 

 rules relative to his rods, lines, hooks, &c. I 

 shall give him a list of the baits in general of use 

 in angling ; but must desire him to observe, that 

 fish take all sorts of baits, most eagerly and freely, 

 when he presents them to them in such order and 

 manner as nature affords them, or as they them- 

 selves generally gather them. 



