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enough for a lob -worm : then finding a place free 

 from weeds, about the compass of the crown of a 

 hat, let him drop his bait without a float, and 

 with only one large shot upon the line, which he 

 must lodge upon the leaf of some adjoining weed, 

 so that the bait may not be above eight inches in 

 the water; then retiring, but so as to keep his 

 eye upon the shot, let bim wait "till he sees it 

 taken away, with about u foot of the line, and 

 then strike : when he has hooked his fish, let 

 him keep him tight, and not suffer him to entan- 

 gle himself among tbe weeds : but either draw 

 him out by main force, or pull him into a clear 

 place. 



N. B. The foregoing method is an excellent 

 one, and great numbers of carp may be taken by 

 it in ponds that are well stocked. 



TBE BREAM. 



The time of the bream's spawning is in June : 

 his chief residence is in ponds : he is a bony fish, 

 and very slow of growth. From St. James's tide 

 to Bartholomew tide is the best time to angle for 

 him, and the best time of the <]ay in that season 

 is from sun-rise to eight o'clock, in a gentle 

 stream, the water being rather thick and curled 

 with a good breeze. He delights in tbe deepest 

 and widest parts of the water, and if the bottom is 

 clear and sandy it is the better. His baits are 

 gentles, red-worms, gilt-tails, and grasshoppers : 

 when he takes your bait he makes for the oppo- 

 site shore, therefore give him play, for though he 

 is a strong-made fish, he will not struggle much, 

 but two or three times fall on one side, and you 

 may land him very easily. Angle for him with 



