*>4 OBSERVATIONS 



ally to be baited, the proper size of these 

 hooks, is No. 7, the succefs I met with in 

 adopting this method for pike, induced me 

 to try it for perch, and afterwards for trout, 

 and can afsure the reader, it exceeded my 

 expectations. If you prefer the old method 

 of a large hook and a smaller above it, the 

 proper sizes will be No. 2 and 6, the man- 

 ner of making and baiting these hooks has 

 been already described. As minnows are 

 sometimes difficult to procure, in order to 

 prevent an unneeefsary waste, they may be 

 taken to the river alive in a bait pan, and 

 what are not used may be put into a stone 

 trough or other vefsel in which they fcre 

 "kept ; those of a middle size are best, and 

 such as are caught in streams are brighter 

 and greatly preferable to those caught in 

 ditches, and stagnated waters. 



The best places for trout, are, the upper 

 part of a deep hole, under bushes which 

 overhang the water, under banks where the 

 violence of the stream causes an eddy, and 



