INDEX. 



485 



Axe, the river, 474. 



Bacon, Fr., Baron Verulam, refer- 

 ences to, 109, 111, 169, 170, 179, 

 181, 184, 188, 212, 213, 237, 239; 

 portrait of, 169. 



BAIT, general, 282 ; other general 

 baits, 284 ; Winter-bait for Roach, 

 &c., 277 ; baits, method of dis- 

 covering what fish take, 282, 408 ; 

 scented, 134, 184. Artificial, 332. 

 [And see the titles Cadis, Flies, 

 Frogs, Gentles, Grasshopper, 

 Graves, Ground-bait, Grub, Loach, 

 Minnow, Oils, Pastes, Shrimps, 

 Stickleback, Wheat, Worms, and 

 each kind of fish by name. ] 



Baker, Sir R., reference to, 208. 



Bakewell, town of, 370, 473. 



Balasna, same as the Whale, 69. 



BARBEL, 249 ; how to fish for, 252 ; 

 spawn of, poisonous, 250 ; flesh 

 dangerous, 250 ; an angler 

 caught by a barbel, 253 ; aver- 

 age size of, 249 ; haunts of, 250 ; 

 notable patience of a barbel- 

 angler, 254, n. ; party of barbel- 

 fishers, remarkably successful, 

 ibid. ; engraving of the, 251 ; 

 season of the, 272. 



Barker, Mr. Thomas, an old angler, 

 and a writer on angling, 11 ; quo- 

 tations from, 146, 282 ; notable 

 story of his fishing in the night, 

 146 ; specimen of his poetry, 199. 



Barnacles, 71. 



Bartholomew's, St., tide, 225. 



Bats not migratory, 108. 



Bavin, meaning of the word, 303. 



Bede, Venerable, his notice of the 

 Island of Ely, and account of, 237. 



Beef, powdered, 420. 



Beer, bottled, origin of, 84. 



Beggar, blind, of Bethnal Green, story 

 of, 317. 



Beggars, humorous story of, 163. 



Beresford Hall, 362, 375 ; view of, 

 392 ; Walton chamber, 363 ; en- 

 graving of, 363. 



Beruers, Dame Juliana ; of a noble 



family ; learned and accomplished : 

 authoress of a book on "Angling," 

 extracts from it, 6 ; woodcut from, 

 6 ; her work on Hunting, &c., 6-7 ; 

 referred to, 208. 



Birds, various properties of, 50 ; 

 enemies to fish, 95 ; migration of, 

 108 ; various breeds of, 112. 



Bishop- Fish, strange account of, from 

 Rondeletius, &c., 74. 



Black and blue Dun-flies, directions for 

 making, 426. 



Fly, ditto, 145, 414, 423. 



Gnat-fly, ditto, 410, 424. 



Hackle-fly, ditto, 425-6. 



BLEAK, particulars of the, and en- 

 graving of, 258-9. 



Bleak Hall, 463 ; engraving of, 116. 

 Blue Dun-fly, directions for making, 



407, 409, 427. 

 Boanthropy, Nebuchadnezzar punished 



with, 166. 



Bobbing for eels, 242. 

 Bottles of hay, 199. 

 Boyle, Hon. Hob., his 'spiritualised 



angling, 'ridiculed by Swift, 13. 

 Brailsford or Brelsford, notice of, 358, 



473. 



Brailsford well, engraving of, 357. 

 Brandling, 131, 232. 

 BREAM, 'observations on the, 219 ; 



engraving of, 220; baits for, 221- 



2-3 ; haunts of, 225-6 ; seasons 



of the, 225 ; considered good 



eating formerly, 220-221. 

 Brian, probably the name of Walton's 



dog, 160. 

 Bright Brown-fly, directions for 



making, 409. 



Dun Gnat, ditto, 405. 



Brown, dark, fly, 410 ; large foetid 



light, 428. 

 Broxbourn on the Lea, 463 ; view of, 



172. 

 BULL-HEAD, 289 ; account of and 



engraving, 290, 292. 

 Bullin's, Mrs., cottage, 226, 463. 

 BULL-TROUT, where found, &c., 109. 

 Burning springs accounted for, 68. 

 Butler, Charles, his book of ' 'Bees, " 53 . 



