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INDEX. 



Barbel, its care of its spawn, 61 ; 

 observations on, 168 ; its spawn 

 dangerous, 169 ; how to fish for, 

 170; difficulty of landing one, 

 171, note; anecdotes relating to, 

 ib. 



Barker, Mr Thomas, account of, 

 16 ; his directions for fly-fishing, 

 105, note ; his poetical directions, 

 111. 



Barm-fly, 284. 



Barnes, or Berners, Dame Julyans, 

 compiler of the Hook of St Al- 

 lan's, 7. 



Bede, venerable, quoted, 161. 



Beggars, curious division of money 

 by, 115; dispute of, 116. 



Beggars' song, 1 ] 7. 



incidents of that ballad, 21 7, note,. 



Bently Brook, plenty of Trout in, 

 247. 



Beresford Hall, 247. 



Birds, their usefulness to man, 45. 



Bishop-Fish, story of the, 59. 



Black fly, 278, 284. 



Black hackle, 285. 



Bleak, description of, and how to 

 fish for, 174. 



Bloa herl-fly, 312. 



Blue dun, great, 273 ; black, 285. 



Book for fishing materials, 191, note. 



Boots and shoes, Barker's recipe for 

 anointing, 190, note. 



Boteler, Dr, a saying of, 114. 



Bowerbanks, Tottenham, 214. 



Bowlker, Richard, 110, note. 



Boyle, Hon. Robert, his tract on 

 angling, 19. 



Bream, observations on, 149 ; ac- 

 counted a luxury in Henry V.'s 

 time, 150, note ; how to catch, 

 150; haunts of, and baits for, 

 154, note. 



Brown gnat, how to make, 285. 



Browne, Moses, his Piscatory 

 Eclogues recommended, 180, 

 note. 



Bull-trout, where found, 82. 



Butterflies, kings of Persia used to 

 hawk after, 45, note. 



Butterfly, painted, 102. 



Cadis worms, divers kinds of, 193 ; 

 method of preserving, ib. note. 



Cadis, yellow, how to bait with, for 

 Trout, 195. 



Camel-brown-fly, 286. 



Camlet-fly, 259, 284. 



Carp, observations on, 142; when 

 brought to England, 143; amaz- 

 ing size of in Germany, 144, note; 

 destroyed by frogs, 145 ; age of, 

 ib. ; spawning of, 146; how to 

 fish for, ib. ; haunts of, and baits 

 for, 148, note ; how to dress, 148 ; 

 thrive best in ponds along with 

 Tench, and no other fish, 204. 



Casaubon, Dr, 57. 



Caussin, Nicholas, a saying of his, 

 213. 



Chalkhill, John, Esq. 23 ; his song 

 on the countryman, 92 ; song, 

 " Oh, the gallant fisher's life," 

 176. 



Char, where taken, 167 ; described, 

 ib. 



Chub, the, 73 ; how to dress, 74 ; 

 how to fish for, 76, 77. 



Coble, basket so named, 124, note. 



Cockspur-worms described, 193. 



Colne, ruff-coat, or straw-worm, 

 found in that river, 195, note. 



Colours, importance of in fly-fishing, 

 265. 



Commendatory verses, 34. 



Company, importance of good, 72. 



Contentment, reasons for, 210. 



Cony -fish, 58. 



Coriate, Tom, account of, 251, note. 



Coridon's song, 91 



Cork, or float-fishing, 196, note. 



Cotton, Charles, senior, Lord Cla- 

 rend ( on's character of, 224. 



Cotton, Charles, junior, writes a 

 second part to the Complete An- 

 gler, 15; his poetical invitation 

 to Walton, 25, note ; song on 

 angling, 177, note , account of 

 his life and writings, 223; sent 

 to college, 224 ; the great im- 

 prover of the art of angling, 

 226 ; works published by, ib. ; 

 intimacy with Walton, 228 ; the 

 first instance of a gentleman by 



