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somewhat above the middle, and out again a little below the 

 middle ; having done so, draw your worm above the arming 

 of your hook ; but note, that at the entering of your hook, 

 it must not be at the head-end of the worm, but at the tail- 

 end of him, that the point of your hook may come out toward 

 the head-end, and, having drawn him above the arming of 

 your hook, then put the point of your hook, again, into the 

 very head of the worm, till it come near to the place where 

 the point of the hook first came out ; and then draw back 

 that of the worm that was above the shank or arming of your 

 hook, and so fish with it. And if you mean to fish with two 

 worms, then put the second on, before you turn back the 

 hook's head of the first worm. You cannot lose above two 

 or three worms, before you attain to what I direct you ; and 

 having attained it, you will find it very useful, and thank me 

 for it, for you will run on the ground without tangling. 



The Minnow, or Penk. 



Now for the minnow or penk. He is not easily found and 

 caught till March, or in April, for then he appears first in 

 the river ; nature having taught him to shelter and hide 

 himself in the winter, in ditches that be near to the river, 

 and there, both to hide and keep himself warm in the mud, 

 or in the weeds, which rot not so soon as in a running river, 

 in which place if he were in winter, the distempered floods 

 that are usually in that season would suffer him to take no 

 rest, but carry him headlong to mills and weirs, to his con- 

 fusion. And of these minnows : first, you are to know that 

 the biggest size is not the best ; and next, that the middle 

 size and the whitest are the best ; and then, you are to 

 know, that your minnow must be so put on your hook, 

 that it must turn round when 'tis drawn against the stream; 1 



1 The hook put just into the mouth and through the lower jaw, that the 



