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INDEX. 



Moss, for scouring worms, various 

 kinds of, 1 33. 



Mould warp, derivation of, 55. 



Moulin, P. Du, reference to, and ac- 

 count of, 67. 



Mullet, how used in Roman feasts, 

 104 ; verses on the, 77 ; Moses 

 Brown's version of ditto, 77 ; Arun- 

 del, 108. 



Music to the angler's song, 266 ; 

 formerly more practised than now, 

 2689. 



Nepa cinerea, or water scorpion, 211. 



New-river, when completed, 2 ; ac- 

 count of, 460. 



Newts, engraving of, 259. 



Night-fishing, particulars of, 167, 

 168 ; baits for, 168. 



Nightingale, melody of, 51. 



Notanecta, or boat-fly, 211. 



November, artificial flies for, 428. 



Nowel, Dr. Al., portrait, character, 

 and account of, 82, 83. 



Oak-apple, the nidus of the Oak -fly 

 in its vermicular state, 154. 



Oak-fly, directions for making and 

 finding, 152, 153, 419; worm, 

 how bred, 153-4-5. 



Oak worm, 131, 152. 



October, flies for, 427. 



Offley, J. ; view of his house, v. ; 

 original dedication to, 29. 



Oils for baits, remarks on, 184, 200, 

 216, 279, 442. 



Ointment for the eyes, made from 

 umber fat and honey, 174. 



Old Rose, a song so called, 92. 



Oppian reckons the different kinds of 

 fish, 79. 



Orange-fly, how to make, 425. 



Otter, great destruction of fish by 

 the, 46, 89, 93 ; not a fish, 90 ; 

 various particulars of the, 89, 90, 

 92; description and engraving of 

 an Otter-hunt, 45 ; engravings of, 

 89, 93 ; tame ones taught to fish, 



92 ; power of the, to smell under 



water, 184. 



! Otter hounds, peculiarity of, 91. 

 Otway, poetry by, 155. 

 Ouse river, 293 ; the name common 



to several English rivers, 3/3, 



479. 



Overbury, Sir Thomas, 119. 

 Owen, John, epigram by, 61. 

 Owl-fly, how to make, 423. 

 Owler, derivation and meaning of, 



308. 

 Oxfordshire, rivers of, 478. 



Palmer, or Pilgrim -Worm, account of, 

 138 ; Palmer-flies, directions for 

 making. See Flies. 



Parrot-fish, 71. 



Pastes, for Chub, 103 ; for Carp, 215, 

 217 ; for Bream, 221 ; for Tench, 

 228 ; for Barbel, 252 ; for Roach, 

 275. 



Paternoster line, why so called, 258. 



Peacock-fly, how to make, 414, 424. 



PEARCIT, observations on the, 230 ; 

 engravings of the, 230, 232 ; ex- 

 traordinary size of, 231, 233 ; how 

 to fish for, 232 ; how to catch in 

 the Thames, 233. 



Peewit-gulls, 95. 



Pemble-Mere, a fish peculiar to, 248. 



Pepys, his account of Cotton's Fishing- 

 House, 379. 



Perkins, W., his praise of angling, 

 and account of, 82. 



Persia, kings of, hawking after but- 

 terflies, 50. 



Peter (Saint), never at Rome, 61 ; 

 epigram on the question, 61. 



Peucerus, Gr., and account of, 166. 



Pheer, explanation of the term, 77. 



Pickerel- Weed, various properties 

 187, 195 ; note concerning, 



Pigeons, various uses of, 



long flight for food, 90 ; various 

 names of, 112. 



PIKE, observations on the, 187 ; in- 

 stances of its voracity, 189, 190, 

 191 ; engraving of the, 195 ; when 



i term, 77. 



iroperties of, j 



rning, 187. m 



f, 52 ; their I 





