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The Art of Angling. 



EADER : I will complement, and put a 

 case to you. I met with a man, and upon 

 our Discourse he fell out with me : this 

 man having a good weapon, having nei- 

 ther wit, stomack, nor skill ; I say this 

 man may come home by Totnam- high- Cross, and cause the 

 Clerk to tole his knell : It is the very like case with the 

 Gentleman Angler that goeth to the River for his pleasure : 

 this Angler hath neither judgment, knowledge, nor experi- 

 ence ; he may come home light laden at his pleasure. 



A man that goeth to the River for his pleasure, must 

 understand, when lie cometh there, to set forth his Tackles. 

 The first thing he must do, is to observe the Sun, the 

 Wind, the Moon, the Starres, and the Wanes of the Air ; 

 to set forth his Tackles according to the times and sea- 

 sons ; to goe for his pleasure, and some profit. 



As for example, the Sun proves cloudy ; then must he set 

 forth either his ground Bait or Tackles, and of the brightest 

 of his Flies. If the Sun prove bright, then must he put 

 on some of the darkest of his flies. Thus must you goe to 

 work with your Flies, light for darkness, and dark for 

 lightness, with the wind in the South, then that blows the 

 Flie in the Trouts mouth. Though I set down the wind 

 J)eing in the South, if the weather be warm, I am indif- 

 ferent where the wind standeth, either with ground Bait or 

 Menow, so that I can cast my Bait into the River. The 

 very same observations is for night, as for day : For if 

 the Moon prove cleer, or if the Stars glitter in the skie, 

 there is as ill Angling that night, as if it were at high noon 

 in the midst of Summer, when the Sun shineth at the 

 brightest, wherein there is no hopes of pleasure. 



I will begin to Angle for the Trout, with the ground 

 Baits with this quality. 



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