50 BEST'S ART OF ANGLING. 



at it, but be careful not to snatch it away, which 

 at first you may be apt to do ; and never strike 

 till he has turned with the bait. 



N. B. In this way of angling, a ringed rod is 

 to be always used, with a winch for your line, 

 which should have two or three swivels on it; 

 by which means the minnow will spin the better. 



The rivers most famous for trout are, the Ken- 

 net near Hungerford, in Berkshire ; the Stower, in 

 Kent, which runs through Canterbury, and is said 

 to breed the best trouts in the south-east of Eng- 

 land ; those in the Wandle, near Cashelton, in 

 Surry ; the Amerly, in Sussex ; the Dove, Wye, 

 Lathkin, and Bradford, in Derbyshire ; Ribble and 

 Irk, in Lancashire ; and in the Usk and Wye, in 

 Monmouthshire, are accounted excellent trouts ; 

 but to speak impartially, no one can absolutely 

 determine in what particular river or brook are 

 the most and best trouts. This, however, is cer- 

 tain, that trouts are better or worse, bigger or 

 less, according to the nature of the soil on which 

 the river runs : pure, clear, transparent streams, 

 running on rocks, pebbles, or more especially 

 lime-stones or flints, are experimentally found to 

 breed, and afford the most delicate and best trouts. 

 The hook No. 2 or 3. 



TjfJJE GRAGLINGj GRAYLING^ OR UMBER.* 



This fish has three different names given it, 

 according to the different parts of .England where 

 it is found ; he is by no means a general fish, and 

 what anglers seldom meet with, except in the 

 rivers Dove and Trent, and some other small 



* JIc is called Umber from his quickness of evading the sight. 



