*>8 OBSERVATIONS 



I have tried a variety, but never had reason 

 to suppose they were instrumental in taking 

 a single fish, and believe them all " wasteful 

 and ridiculous expence." 



Various pastes are recommended, com- 

 posed of curious ingredients, such as the fat 

 of a heron, and the flesh of a cat or rabbit's 

 leg, the clotted blood of a sheep's heart, and 

 a thousand other fanciful nostrums, the ri- 

 diculous trumpery of dreaming ignorance. 

 I shall select a few excellent receipts as they 

 are called^ to allure and catch fish, extracted 

 from modern authors. I leave the proba- 

 bility of their succefs to the judgement of 

 the inteligent reader. 



" Make up a paste with mulberry juice, 

 " hedgehog's fat, oil of water lilies, and a 

 " few drops of oil of penny-royal." Brookes, 

 page 176. A man might rack his invention 

 some time for such inconsistent ingredients. 



" Take nettles, and cinque foil, chop them 



