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seen five caught thus at one time, and the bait has been 

 gentles, than which none is better. 



Or this fish may be caught with a fine small artificial fly, 

 which is to be of a very sad brown colour, and very small, 

 and the hook answerable. There is no better sport than 

 whipping for Bleaks l in a boat, or on a bank in the swift 

 water in a summer's evening, with a hazel top about five or 

 six foot long, and a line twice the length of the rod. I have 

 heard Sir Henry Wotton say, that there be many that in Italy 

 will catch swallows so, or especially martins, this Bird- Angler 

 standing on the top of a steeple to do it, and with a line 

 twice so long as I have spoken of ; and let me tell you, Scholar, 

 that both Martins and Bleaks be most excellent meat. 



And let me tell you, that I have known a Hern that did 

 constantly frequent one place, caught with a hook baited 

 with a big minnow or a small gudgeon. The line and hook 

 must be strong, and tied to some loose staff, so big as she 

 cannot fly away with it ; a line not exceeding two yards. 



resembles a string of beads, is yet said to have been so named, from the 

 rosary used by Roman Catholics in counting their prayers or pater-nosters. 

 H. 



1 That is, throwing your line out before you, over your head, in the 

 manner of a coach whip. BROWNE. 



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