BEST'S ART OF ANGLING. 



too early or late at the sport. He seldom refuses 

 the red worm in April, the cadis in May, or the 

 grasshopper in June, July, and August. You 

 must angle for him with a strong rod and line, a 

 quill float, and strong gut at the bottom ; the hook 

 in the medium of size : being a leather-mouthed 

 fish, he seldom breaks his hold, if your tackle is 

 strong and you play him properly. But when- 

 ever you intend to fish for him particularly, and 

 in good earnest, over night lay in a ground-bait 

 of garbage ; as chickens' guts, blood mixed with 

 cow-dung, or any coarse paste; also ale-grains 

 and blood incorporated with clay : and at the 

 same time that you throw any of the ground- 

 baits in, plumb the ground to two depths (for it 

 is best to angle for carps with two rods), one 

 about mid-water, the other four or five inches 

 from the ground. *The next morning lay your 

 lines in very cautiously, and success will attend 

 you. Gentles are very good baits for the carp, 

 also a paste made of honey and bread, and one 

 made with bread and water alone, tinctured with 

 red lead ; but nothing, in my opinion, beats a 

 green pea, parboiled, having killed more with 

 that than any other bait. 



A carp, weighing fifteen pounds seven ounces, 

 was some time back taken out of the water in 

 Lord Exeter's grounds at Burghley. 



In the Swiss and Italian lakes, it is far from 

 rare to catch trouts that are double that size. 

 The hooks for this fish No. 3 or 4. 



In fine sun-shiny days, carps will often prime 

 about noon, and swim about the edges of a pond 

 to catch such flies as fall upon the surface of the 

 water : let the angler then take a strong rod, and 

 pliable at the top,a strong line, and a hook large 



