THE SEVENTH EDITION. 



A 

 CONCISE TREATISE 



O* THE 



ART OF ANGLING, 



Confirmed by actual Experience ; 



INTERSPERSED WITH 



SEVERAL NEW AND RECENT DISCOVERIES; 



THE WHOLE FORMING 



A COMPLETE MUSEUM, 



FOR THE 

 LOVERS OF THAT PLEASING AND RATIONAL 



RECREATION. 



BY THOMAS BEST, 



A new Edition, carefully corrected. 



As in successive course the seasons roll, 



So circling pleasures recreate the soul : 



"When genial spring a living warmth bestows, 



And o'er the year her verdant mantle throws, 



No swelling inundation hides the ground ; 



But chrystal currents glide within their bounds; 



The finny brood their wonted haunts forsake, 



!Float in the sun, and sk:m alone the lake ; 



With frequent leap they range the shallow streams, 



Their silver coats reflect the dazzling Heams. 



Now let the fisherman his toils prepare, 



And arm himself with ev ry wat'ry snare ; 



His hooks, his lines peruse, with careful e^e, 



Increase his tackle, and his rod re-tie. 



GAY. 



LONDON: 



Printed by T. Plummer, Seething-Laue, Tower-Street, 



FOR B. CROSBY AND CO. NO. 4, STATIONER* 1 COURT? 



LUDGATE HILL, 



1807, 



