the ' Compleat Angler. 



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pen-cutter, afterwards ordained prieft, and the right man at the 

 right time, in his own eftimation . . .), bent on endowing the 

 world with a new edition of the f Compleat Angler' enhanced 

 with fome finifhing touches of his own. And by dint of oil 

 and emery, elbow-greafe and felf-fufficiency, a new edition 

 was produced in fuch an advanced ftate of French polifh, as 

 was confidered creditable alike to the parts and patience of the 

 manipulator. Old Izaak's <c inaccuracies" and " redundancies" 

 were pruned away with an unfparing hand, and his " abfurd- 

 ities" fuppreffed altogether. His "rough places," not to 

 fpeak it profanely, were "made fmooth," and his " high places" 

 brought, perhaps, a little low, by the fame procefs. We 

 acknowledge our obligations to Mofes Browne for his revival 

 of a book that had too long fallen into defuetude, but we 

 mutter, anathema maranatha I in a mild fenfe, neverthelefs, 

 over fuch priggifh impertinence. 



and an Appendix, fhewing at one View, the moil proper Rivers, particular 

 Haunts, Baits; their Seafons, and Hours in the Day of Biting; General 

 Directions in Praclice, for every kind of Fijh that is to be angled for; alpha- 

 betically difpofed, in a Method peculiarly ufeful, and never yet attempted. 

 With fhort Rules concerning the Tackle, Baits, the feveral ways of Fijhing, 

 and Weather proper for Angling. 



London : Printed and Sold by Henry Kent, at the Printing-office in Finch 

 Lane, near the Royal Exchange, mdccl." 



16 pages preliminary; 320 pages including Index. Frontifpiece and five 

 feparate illuflrations befides cuts of fifh. 



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