48 BEST'S ART OF ANGLING. 



lice, which are a kind of worm, with large heads; 

 from that time they delight to be in sharp streams, 

 and such as are very swift, where they lie in wait 

 for minnows, may-flies, &,c. The latter part of 

 May they are in the highest perfection. He is 

 usually caught with a worm, minnow, or fly, either 

 natural or artificial. The different baits for him 

 are the earth-worm, dung-worm, and the maggot 

 or gentle, but the best are the lob-worm and 

 brandling. His haunts are purling brooks, run- 

 ning very swift over chalk-stones, gravel, Sec. He 

 is oftener taken in the side of the stream than in 

 it, though the large ones are often caught in the 

 deepest part of it. He delights to shelter himself 

 behind large stones, or small banks that hang over 

 the river, which the stream running against cre- 

 ates a foam ; also in the eddies between two 

 streams. His hold is usually under the roots of 

 trees, and in hollow banks in the deepest parts of 

 rivers. When you angle for him at the ground, 

 let the link of your line next the hook be the best 

 silk-worm gut you can provide ; and have a nice 

 elastic rod, which will enable you to strike true, 

 and to feel him when he bites. Angle for him 

 with a running line, and begin at the upper part 

 of the stream, carrying your line with an upright 

 hand, and feeling your lead run on the ground 

 about ten inches from the hook, leading your 

 line according to the swiftness of the stream, as 

 before directed. If you bait either with one or 

 two worms, follow the manner of baiting them 

 which I have laid down in the rules, and you will 

 run on the ground without being entangled. 



There is a very killing method likewise for a 

 large trout : make a pair of wings of the feather 

 of a land-rail, and point your hook with one or 



