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hook thus baited muft or may be ufed; and it is thus: Having fastned your hook to a line,which if it be not fourteen yards long, fhould not be lefs then twelve; you are to faften that line to any bow neer to a hole where a Pike is,or is likely to lye,or to have a haunt, and then windyour line on any forked stick,all yonr line, except a half yard of it, or rather more, and split that forked stick with fuch a nick or notch at one end of it, as may keep the line from any more of it ravelling from about the stick, then fo much of it as you intended; and chuse your forked stick to be of that bignefs as may keep the fish or frog from pulling the forked ftick under the water till the Pike bites, then the Pike having pulled the line forth of the clift or nick in which it was gently fastened, will have line enough to go to his hold and powch the bait: and if you would have this ledger bait to keep at a fixt place,un

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disturbed by wind or other accidents, which may drive it to the shoare fide(for you are to note that it is likelieft to catch a Pike in the midst of the water) then hang a fmall Plummet of lead, a ftone, or piece of tyle, or a turfe in a string, and caft it into the water, with the forked stick to hang upon the ground, to be as an Anchor to keep the forked stick from moving out of your intended place till the Pike This I take to be a very

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good way, to use fo many ledger baits as you intend to make tryal of.

Or if you bait your hooks thus, with live fish or Frogs, and in a windy day fasten them thus to a bow or bundle of straw, and by the help of that wind can get them to move cross a Pond or Mere, you are like to stand still on the fhoar and see sport, if there be any ftore of Pikes; or these live baits may make fport,being tied about the body or

wings of a Goofe or Duck, and fhe chased over a Pond: and the like may be done with turning three or four live baits thus faftened to bladders, or boughs, or bottles of hay, or flags, to swim down a River, whilst you walk quietly on the shore along with them, and are still in expectation of fport. The rest must be taught you by practice, for time will not alow me to say more of this kind of fishing with live baits.

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And for your dead bait for a Pike, for that you may be taught by one dayes going a fishing with me or any other body that fishes for him, for the baiting your hook with a dead Gudgion or a Roch, and moving up and down the water, is too eafie a thing to take up any time to direct you to do it; and yet, because I cut you short in that, I will commute for it, by telling you that that was told me for a fecret: it is this:

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Diffolve Gum of Ivie in Oyle of Spike, and therewith_annoint your dead bait for a Pike, and then caft it into a likely place,and when it has layen a fhort time at the bottom, draw it towards the top of the water, and fo up the ftream, and it is more then likely that have a Pike follow you with more then common eagerness.

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This has not been tryed by me, but told me by a friend of note, that pretended to do me à courtefie: but if this direction to catch a Pike thus

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you no good, I am certaine this direction how to rofte him when he is caught, is choicely good, for I have tryed it,and it is fomewhat the better for not being common; but with my direction you must take this Caution, that your Pikemust not be a smal one.

Firft open your Pike at the gills, and if need be, cut also a little fit towards his belly; out of thefe, take his guts, and keep his liver, which you

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are to fored very small with Time, Sweet Margerom, and a little Winter-Savoury; to these put fome pickled Oysters,and fome Anchovis, both thefe last whole for the Anchovis will melt, and the Oysters should not) to thefe you must add alfo a pound of fweet Butter,which you are to mix with the herbs that are shred, and let them all be well falted (if the Pike be more then a yard long, then you may put into thefe herbs more then a pound, or if be be lefs, then lefs Butter will fuffice :) thefe being thus mixt, with a blade or two of Mace, must be put into the Pikes belly, and then his belly fowed up; then you are to thrust the Spit through his mouth out at his tail; and then with four, or five, or fix Split Sticks or very thin laths, and a convenient quantitie of tape or filiting, thefe laths are to be tyed round about the Pikes body from his head to his tail, and the tape tied fomewhat thick to prevent his breaking or failing off from

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