<P_237>

<heading>

CHAP. V. (WALTON-E3-P2,237.3)

</heading>

<heading>

<font> More Directions how to Fish for , and how to make for the
</font> Trout <font> an </font> Artificial Minnow , <font> and </font>
Flies , <font> with some </font> Merriment . (WALTON-E3-P2,237.6)

</heading>

<font> Pisc. </font> Well met Brother <font> Peter </font> ,
(WALTON-E3-P2,237.8)

I heard you and a friend would lodge here to night ,
(WALTON-E3-P2,237.9)

and that hath made me to bring my Friend to lodge here too .
(WALTON-E3-P2,237.10)

My Friend is one that would fain be <font> a Brother of the Angle
</font> , (WALTON-E3-P2,237.11)

he hath been an <font> Angler </font> but this day ,
(WALTON-E3-P2,237.12)

and I have taught him how to catch a <font> Chub </font> by daping with
a <font> Grasshopper </font> , (WALTON-E3-P2,237.13)

and the <font> Chub </font> he caught was a lusty one of nineteen
inches long . (WALTON-E3-P2,237.14)

But pray Brother <font> Peter </font> who is your companion ?
(WALTON-E3-P2,237.15)

<font> Peter . </font> Brother <font> Piscator </font> , my friend is
an honest <font> Country-man </font> , (WALTON-E3-P2,237.16)

and his name is <font> Coridon </font> , (WALTON-E3-P2,237.17)

and he is a downright witty companion that met me here purposely to be
pleasant and eat a <font> Trout </font> , (WALTON-E3-P2,237.18)

And I have not yet wetted my Line since we met together :
(WALTON-E3-P2,237.19)

but I hope to fit him with a <font> Trout </font> for his breakfast ,
(WALTON-E3-P2,237.20)

for $I $'ll {TEXT:I'le} be early up . (WALTON-E3-P2,237.21)

<font> Pisc. </font> Nay Brother , you shall not stay so long :
(WALTON-E3-P2,237.22)

for look you here is a Trout <P_238> will fill six reasonable bellies .
(WALTON-E3-P2,238.23)

Come Hostess , (WALTON-E3-P2,238.24)

dress it presently , (WALTON-E3-P2,238.25)

and get us what other meat the house will afford ,
(WALTON-E3-P2,238.26)

and give us some of your best <font> Barly-wine </font> , the good
liquor that our honest Fore-fathers did use to drink of ; the drink
which preserved their health , and made them live so long , and to do
so many good deeds . (WALTON-E3-P2,238.27)

<font> Peter . </font> O' my word this <font> Trout </font> is perfect
in season . (WALTON-E3-P2,238.28)

Come , I thank you , (WALTON-E3-P2,238.29)

and here is a hearty draught to you , and to all the brothers of the
Angle wheresoever they be , and to my young brothers good fortune to
morrow : (WALTON-E3-P2,238.30)

I will furnish him with a Rod , if you will furnish him with the rest
of the Tackling ; (WALTON-E3-P2,238.31)

we will set him up and make him a Fisher . (WALTON-E3-P2,238.32)

And I will tell him one thing for his encouragement , that his fortune
hath made him happy to be Scholar to such a Master ; a Master that
knows as much both-2 of the nature and breeding of fish as any man :
and can also tell him as well how to catch and cook them , from the
<font> Minnow </font> to the <font> Salmon </font> , as any that I ever
met withall . (WALTON-E3-P2,238.33)

<font> Pisc. </font> Trust me , brother <font> Peter </font> ,
(WALTON-E3-P2,238.34)

I find my Scholar to be so sutable to my own humour , which is to be
free and pleasant , and civilly merry , that my resolution is to hide
nothing that I know from him . (WALTON-E3-P2,238.35)

Believe me , Scholar , this is my resolution ; (WALTON-E3-P2,238.36)

and so $here $'s {TEXT:here's} to you a hearty draught , and to all
that love us , and the honest Art of Angling . (WALTON-E3-P2,238.37)

<font> Ven. </font> Trust me , good Master , you shall not sow your
seed in barren ground , (WALTON-E3-P2,238.38)

for I hope to return you an increase answerable to your hopes ;
(WALTON-E3-P2,238.39)

but however you shall find me obedient , and thankful , and serviceable
to my best abilitie . (WALTON-E3-P2,238.40)

<font> Pisc. </font> $'T $is {TEXT:'Tis} enough , honest Scholar ,
(WALTON-E3-P2,238.41)

come (WALTON-E3-P2,238.42)

$let $'s {TEXT:lets} to supper . (WALTON-E3-P2,238.43)

Come my friend <font> Coridon </font> , (WALTON-E3-P2,238.44)

this <font> Trout </font> looks lovely , (WALTON-E3-P2,238.45)

it was twentie two inches when it was taken , (WALTON-E3-P2,238.46)

and the belly of it looked some part of it as yellow as a Marigold ,
and part of it as white as a lilly , (WALTON-E3-P2,238.47)

and yet $me $thinks {TEXT:methinks} it looks better in this good sawce
. (WALTON-E3-P2,238.48)

<font> Cor. </font> Indeed honest friend , it looks well ,
(WALTON-E3-P2,238.49)

and tastes well , (WALTON-E3-P2,238.50)

I thank you for it , (WALTON-E3-P2,238.51)

and so doth my friend <font> Peter </font> , (WALTON-E3-P2,238.52)

or else he is to blame . (WALTON-E3-P2,238.53)

<font> Pet. </font> Yes , and so I do , (WALTON-E3-P2,238.54)

we all thank you , (WALTON-E3-P2,238.55)

and when we have <P_239> supt , I will get my friend <font> Coridon
</font> to sing you a Song for requital . (WALTON-E3-P2,239.56)

<font> Cor. </font> I will sing a song , if any body will sing another
; (WALTON-E3-P2,239.57)

else , to be plain with you , <font> I will sing none </font> :
(WALTON-E3-P2,239.58)

I am none of those that sing for meat , but for company :
(WALTON-E3-P2,239.59)

I say , <font> $'T $is {TEXT:Tis} merry in Hall , when men sing all .
</font> (WALTON-E3-P2,239.60)

<font> Pisc. </font> $I $'ll {TEXT:I'l} promise you $I $'ll {TEXT:I'l}
sing a song that was lately made at my request , by Mr. <font> William
Basse </font> , one that hath made the choice songs of the <font>
Hunter in his cariere </font> , and of <font> Tom of Bedlam </font> ,
and many others of note ; (WALTON-E3-P2,239.61)

and this that I will sing is in praise of Angling .
(WALTON-E3-P2,239.62)

<font> Cor. </font> And then mine shall be the praise of a Country mans
life : (WALTON-E3-P2,239.63)

What will the rest sing of ? (WALTON-E3-P2,239.64)

<font> Pet. </font> I will promise you , I will sing another song in
praise of Angling to morrow night , (WALTON-E3-P2,239.65)

for we will not part till then , but Fish to morrow , and sup together
, and the next day every man leave Fishing , and fall to his businesse
. (WALTON-E3-P2,239.66)

<font> Venat. </font> $'T $is {TEXT:'Tis} a match ,
(WALTON-E3-P2,239.67)

and I will provide you a Song or a Catch against then too , which shall
give some addition of mirth to the company ; (WALTON-E3-P2,239.68)

for we will be civil and as merry as beggers . (WALTON-E3-P2,239.69)

<font> Pisc. </font> $'T $is {TEXT:'Tis} a match my Masters ,
(WALTON-E3-P2,239.70)

$let $'s {TEXT:lets} ev'n say Grace , and turn to the fire , drink the
other cup to wet our whistles , and so sing away all sad thoughts .
(WALTON-E3-P2,239.71)

Come on my Masters , (WALTON-E3-P2,239.72)

who begins ? (WALTON-E3-P2,239.73)

I think it is best to draw cuts , and avoid contention .
(WALTON-E3-P2,239.74)

<font> Pet. </font> It is a match . (WALTON-E3-P2,239.75)

Look , the shortest cut falls to <font> Coridon </font> .
(WALTON-E3-P2,239.76)

<font> Cor. </font> Well then , I will begin , (WALTON-E3-P2,239.77)

for I hate contention . (WALTON-E3-P2,239.78)

{COM:song_omitted}

<P_241>

<font> Pisc. </font> Well sung <font> Coridon </font> ,
(WALTON-E3-P2,241.81)

this song was sung with mettle ; (WALTON-E3-P2,241.82)

and it was choicely fitted to the occasion ; (WALTON-E3-P2,241.83)

I shall love you for it as long as I know you ; (WALTON-E3-P2,241.84)

I would you were a brother of the Angle , (WALTON-E3-P2,241.85)

for a companion that is chearful , and free from swearing and
scurrilous discourse , is worth gold . (WALTON-E3-P2,241.86)

I love such mirth as does not make friends ashamed to look upon one
another next morning ; nor men <paren> that $can $not {TEXT:cannot}
well bear it </paren> to repent the money they spend when they be
warmed with drink : (WALTON-E3-P2,241.87)

and take this for a rule , (WALTON-E3-P2,241.88)

You may pick out such times and such companies , that you may make your
selves merrier for a little than a great deal of money ;
(WALTON-E3-P2,241.89)

for <font> $'T $is {TEXT:Tis} the company and not the charge that makes
the feast </font> : (WALTON-E3-P2,241.90)

and such a companion you prove , (WALTON-E3-P2,241.91)

I thank you for it . (WALTON-E3-P2,241.92)

But I will not complement you out of the debt that I owe you ,
(WALTON-E3-P2,241.93)

and therefore I will begin my Song and wish it may be so well liked .
(WALTON-E3-P2,241.94)

{COM:song_omitted}

<P_243>

<font> Cor. </font> Well sung (WALTON-E3-P2,243.97)

brother , you have paid your debt in good coin , (WALTON-E3-P2,243.98)

we Anglers are all beholding to the good man that made this Song .
(WALTON-E3-P2,243.99)

Come Hostess , (WALTON-E3-P2,243.100)

give us more Ale , (WALTON-E3-P2,243.101)

and $let $'s {TEXT:lets} drink to him . (WALTON-E3-P2,243.102)

And now $let $'s {TEXT:lets} every one go to bed that we may rise early
; (WALTON-E3-P2,243.103)

but first $let $'s {TEXT:lets} pay our reckoning ,
(WALTON-E3-P2,243.104)

for I will have nothing to hinder me in the morning ,
(WALTON-E3-P2,243.105)

for my purpose is to prevent the Sun-rising . (WALTON-E3-P2,243.106)

<font> Pet. </font> A match ; (WALTON-E3-P2,243.107)

Come <font> Coridon </font> , (WALTON-E3-P2,243.108)

you are to be my Bed-fellow : (WALTON-E3-P2,243.109)

I know , brother , you and your Scholar will lie together ;
(WALTON-E3-P2,243.110)

but where shall we meet to morrow night ? (WALTON-E3-P2,243.111)

for my friend <font> Coridon </font> and I will go up the water towards
<font> Ware </font> . (WALTON-E3-P2,243.112)

<font> Pisc. </font> And my Scholar and I will go down towards <font>
Waltham </font> . (WALTON-E3-P2,243.113)

<font> Cor. </font> Then $let $'s {TEXT:lets} meet here ,
(WALTON-E3-P2,243.114)

for here are fresh sheets that smell of <font> Lavender </font> ,
(WALTON-E3-P2,243.115)

and I am sure we $can $not {TEXT:cannot} expect better meat , or better
usage in any place . (WALTON-E3-P2,243.116)

<font> Pet. </font> $'T $is {TEXT:'Tis} a match .
(WALTON-E3-P2,243.117)

Good night to every body . (WALTON-E3-P2,243.118)

<font> Pisc. </font> And so say I . (WALTON-E3-P2,243.119)

<font> Venat. </font> And so say I . (WALTON-E3-P2,243.120)

<font> Pisc. </font> Good morrow good Hostess , I see my brother <font>
Peter </font> is still in bed : (WALTON-E3-P2,243.121)

Come give my Scholar and me a Morning-drink , and a bit of meat to
breakfast , (WALTON-E3-P2,243.122)

and be sure to get a good dish of meat or two against supper ,
(WALTON-E3-P2,243.123)

for we shall come home as hungry as Hawks . (WALTON-E3-P2,243.124)

Come Scholar , (WALTON-E3-P2,243.125)

$let $'s {TEXT:lets} be going . (WALTON-E3-P2,243.126)

<font> Venat. </font> Well now , good Master , as we walk towards the
<P_244> River give me direction , according to your promise , how I
shall fish for a <font> Trout </font> . (WALTON-E3-P2,244.127)

<font> Pisc. </font> My honest Scholar , I will take this very
convenient opportunity to do it . (WALTON-E3-P2,244.128)

The Trout is usually caught with a worm or a <font> Minnow </font> ,
<paren> which some call a <font> Penk </font> </paren> or with a <font>
flie , viz. </font> either a <font> natural </font> or an <font>
artificial flie </font> : concerning which three I will give you some
observations and directions . (WALTON-E3-P2,244.129)

And first for Worms : Of these there be very many sorts ;
(WALTON-E3-P2,244.130)

some breed only in the earth , as the <font> Earth-worm </font> ;
others of or amongst Plants , as the <font> Dug-worm </font> ;
(WALTON-E3-P2,244.131)

and others breed either out of excrements , or in the bodies of living
creatures , as in the horns of Sheep or Deer ; or some of dead flesh ,
as the <font> Maggot </font> or <font> gentle </font> , and others .
(WALTON-E3-P2,244.132)

Now these be most of them particularly good for particular Fishes :
(WALTON-E3-P2,244.133)

but for the <font> Trout </font> the <font> dew-worm </font> , <paren>
which some also call the <font> Lob-worm </font> </paren> and the
<font> Brandling </font> are the chief ; (WALTON-E3-P2,244.134)

and especially the first for a great Trout , and the latter for a less
. (WALTON-E3-P2,244.135)

There be also of <font> Lob-worms </font> some called <font>
squirrel-tailes </font> , <paren> a worm that has a red head , a streak
down the back and a broad tail </paren> which are noted to be the best
, because they are the toughest and most lively , and live longest in
the water : (WALTON-E3-P2,244.136)

for you are to know , that a dead worm is but a dead bait and like to
catch nothing , compared to a lively , quick , stirring worm :
(WALTON-E3-P2,244.137)

and for a <font> Brandling </font> , he is usually found in an old
dunghil , or some very rotten place near to it : but most usually in
Cow-dung , or hogs-dung , rather than horse-dung , which is somewhat
too hot and dry for that worm . (WALTON-E3-P2,244.138)

But the best of them are to be found in the bark of the <P_245> Tanners
which they cast up in heaps after they have used it about their leather
. (WALTON-E3-P2,245.139)

There are also divers other kinds of worms which for colour and shape
alter even as the ground out of which they are got : as the <font>
marsh-worm </font> , the <font> tag-tail </font> , the <font> flag-worm
</font> , the <font> dock-worm </font> , the <font> oakworm </font> ,
the <font> gilt-tayle </font> , the <font> twachel </font> or <font>
lob-worm </font> <paren> which of all others is the most excellent bait
for a <font> Salmon </font> </paren> and too many to name , even as
many sorts , as some think there be of several hearbs or shrubs , or of
several kinds of birds in the air ; of which I shall say no more , but
tell you , that what worms soever you fish with , are the better for
being well scowred , that is long kept , before they be used ;
(WALTON-E3-P2,245.140)

and in case you have not been so provident , then the way to cleanse
and scowr them quickly , is to put them all night in water , if they be
<font> Lob-worms </font> , and then put them into your bag with fennel
: (WALTON-E3-P2,245.141)

but you must not put your Brandlings above an hour in water , and then
put them into fennel for suddain use : (WALTON-E3-P2,245.142)

but if you have time and purpose to keep them long , then they be best
preserved in an earthen pot with good store of <font> Mosse </font> ,
which is to be fresh every three or four dayes in Summer , and every
week or eight dayes in Winter : or at least the mosse taken from them ,
and clean washed , and wrung betwixt your hands till it be dry ,
(WALTON-E3-P2,245.143)

and then put it to them again . (WALTON-E3-P2,245.144)

And when your worms , especially the Brandling , begins to be sick ,
and lose of his bigness , then you may recover him , by putting a
little milk or cream <paren> about a spoonful in a day </paren> into
them by drops on the mosse ; (WALTON-E3-P2,245.145)

and if there be added to the cream $an {TEXT:as} egge beaten and boiled
in it , then it will both fatten and preserve them long .
(WALTON-E3-P2,245.146)

And note , that when the <font> knot </font> , which is near to the
middle of the <font> brandling </font> begins to swell , then he is
sick , and , if he be not well look'd to , is near dying .
(WALTON-E3-P2,245.147)

And for mosse , you are to note , that there be divers kinds of it ,
which I could name to you , (WALTON-E3-P2,245.148)

but will onely tell you , that that which is likest a <font> Bucks-Horn
</font> is the best , except it be soft white moss , <P_246> which
grows on some heaths , and is hard to be found . (WALTON-E3-P2,246.149)

And note , that in a very dry time , when you are put to an extremity
for worms , Walnut-tree leaves squeez'd into water , or salt in water ,
to make it bitter or salt , and then that water poured on the ground ,
where you shall see worms are used to rise in the night , will make
them to appear above ground presently . (WALTON-E3-P2,246.150)

And you may take notice some say that <font> Camphire </font> put into
your bag with your mosse and worms , gives them a strong and so
tempting a smell , that the fish fare the worse and you the better for
it . (WALTON-E3-P2,246.151)

And now , I shall shew you how to bait your hook with a worm , so as
shall prevent you from much trouble , and the loss of many a hook too ;
(WALTON-E3-P2,246.152)

when you Fish for a <font> Trout </font> with a running line : that is
to say , when you fish for him by hand at the ground , I will direct
you in this as plainly as I can , that you may not mistake .
(WALTON-E3-P2,246.153)

<font> Suppose it be a big Lob-worm , (WALTON-E3-P2,246.154)

put your hook into him somewhat above the middle , and out again a
little below the middle : (WALTON-E3-P2,246.155)

having so done , draw your worm above the arming of your hook ,
(WALTON-E3-P2,246.156)

but note that at the entring of your hook it must not-1 be at the
head-end of the worm , but at the tail-end of him , <paren> that the
point of your hook may come out toward the head-end </paren>
(WALTON-E3-P2,246.157)

and having drawn him above the arming of your hook , then put the point
of your hook into the very head of the worm , till it come near to the
place where the point of the hook first came out :
(WALTON-E3-P2,246.158)

and then draw back that part of the worm that was above the shank or
arming of your hook , (WALTON-E3-P2,246.159)

and so fish with it . (WALTON-E3-P2,246.160)

And if you mean to fish with two worms , then put the second on before
you turn back the hooks-head of the first worm ; (WALTON-E3-P2,246.161)

you $can $not {TEXT:cannot} lose above two or three worms before you
attain to what I direct you ; (WALTON-E3-P2,246.162)

and having attain'd it , you will find it very useful , and thank me
for it : (WALTON-E3-P2,246.163)

For you will run on the ground without tangling . </font>
(WALTON-E3-P2,246.164)

Now for the <font> Minnow </font> or <font> Penk </font> , he is not
easily found and caught till <font> March </font> , or in <font> April
</font> , (WALTON-E3-P2,246.165)

for then he appears first in the River , Nature having taught him to
shelter and hide himself in the Winter in ditches that be near to the
River , and there both to hide and keep himself warm in the mud or in
the weeds , <P_247> which rot not so soon as in a running River , in
which place if he were in Winter , the distempered Floods that are
usually in that season , would suffer him to take no rest , but carry
him head-long to Mills and Weires to his confusion .
(WALTON-E3-P2,247.166)

And of these <font> Minnows </font> , first you are to know , that the
biggest size is not the best ; and next , that the middle size and the
whitest are the best : (WALTON-E3-P2,247.167)

and then you are to know , that your <font> Minnow </font> must be so
put on your hook that it must turn round when $'t $is {TEXT:'tis} drawn
against the stream , (WALTON-E3-P2,247.168)

and that it may turn nimbly , you must put it on a big-sized hook as I
shall now direct you , which is thus . (WALTON-E3-P2,247.169)

Put your hook in at his mouth and out at his gill ,
(WALTON-E3-P2,247.170)

then having drawn your hook 2 or 3 inches beyond or through his gill ,
put it again into his mouth , and the point and beard out at his taile
, (WALTON-E3-P2,247.171)

and then tie the hook and his taile about very neatly with a white
thred , which will make it the apter to turn quick in the water :
(WALTON-E3-P2,247.172)

that done , pull back that part of your line which was slack when you
did put your hook into the <font> Minnow </font> the second time :
(WALTON-E3-P2,247.173)

I say pull that part of your line back so that it shall fasten the head
, so that the body of the <font> Minnow </font> shall be almost
streight on your hook ; (WALTON-E3-P2,247.174)

this done , try how it will turn by drawing it cross the water or
against a stream , (WALTON-E3-P2,247.175)

and if it do not turn nimbly , then turn the tail a little to the right
or left hand , (WALTON-E3-P2,247.176)

and try again , till it turn quick ; (WALTON-E3-P2,247.177)

for if not , you are in danger to catch nothing ;
(WALTON-E3-P2,247.178)

for know , that it is impossible that it should turn too quick :
(WALTON-E3-P2,247.179)

And you are yet to know , that in case you want a <font> Minnow </font>
, then a small <font> Loch </font> or a <font> Stickle-bag </font> , or
any other small fish that will turn quick will serve as well :
(WALTON-E3-P2,247.180)

And you are yet to know , that you may salt them , and by that means
keep them ready and fit for use three or four days , or longer , and
that of salt , bay-salt is the best . (WALTON-E3-P2,247.181)

And here let me tell you , what many old Anglers know right well , that
at some times , and in some waters a <font> Minnow </font> is not to be
got , (WALTON-E3-P2,247.182)

and therefore let me tell you , I have <paren> which I will shew to you
</paren> an <font> artificial Minnow </font> , that will catch a Trout
as well as an <font> artificial Flie </font> , (WALTON-E3-P2,247.183)

and it was made by a handsom Woman that had <P_248> a fine hand , and a
live <font> Minnow </font> lying by her : (WALTON-E3-P2,248.184)

<font> the mould or body of the Minnow was cloth , and wrought upon or
over it thus with a needle : (WALTON-E3-P2,248.185)

the back of it with very sad French green silk , and paler green silk
towards the belly , shadowed as perfectly as you can imagine , just as
you see a Minnow ; (WALTON-E3-P2,248.186)

the belly was wrought also with a needle , (WALTON-E3-P2,248.187)

and it was a part of it white silk , and another part of it with silver
thred ; (WALTON-E3-P2,248.188)

the tail and fins were of a quill , which was shaven thin ,
(WALTON-E3-P2,248.189)

the eyes were of two little black beads , (WALTON-E3-P2,248.190)

and the head was so shadowed , and all of it so curiously wrought , and
so exactly dissembled , that it would beguile any sharpe sighted Trout
in a swift stream . (WALTON-E3-P2,248.191)

And this Minnow I will now shew you , <paren> look here it is </paren>
and if you like it , lend it you , to have two or three made by it ,
(WALTON-E3-P2,248.192)

for they be easily carryed about an Angler , (WALTON-E3-P2,248.193)

and be of excellent use ; (WALTON-E3-P2,248.194)

for note , that a large Trout will come as fiercely at a Minnow , as
the highest mettled Hawk doth seize on a Partridg , or a Grey-hound on
a Hare . </font> (WALTON-E3-P2,248.195)

I have been told , that <font> Minnows </font> have been found in a
<font> Trouts </font> belly ; (WALTON-E3-P2,248.196)

either the <font> Trout </font> had devoured so many ;
(WALTON-E3-P2,248.197)

or the Miller that gave it a friend of mine had forced them down his
throat after he had taken him . (WALTON-E3-P2,248.198)

Now for <font> Flies </font> , which is the third bait wherewith <font>
Trouts </font> are usually taken . You are to know , that there are so
many sorts of Flies as there be of Fruits : (WALTON-E3-P2,248.199)

I will name you but some of them , as the <font> dun-flie </font> , the
<font> stone-flie </font> , the <font> red-flie </font> , the <font>
moor-flie </font> , the <font> tawny-flie </font> , the <font>
shell-flie </font> , the <font> cloudy </font> , or <font>
blackish-flie </font> , the <font> flag-flie </font> , the <font>
vine-flie </font> : (WALTON-E3-P2,248.200)

there be of <font> flies , Caterpillars </font> , and <font>
Canker-flies </font> , and <font> Bear-flies </font> , and indeed too
many either for me to name or for you to remember :
(WALTON-E3-P2,248.201)

and their breeding is so various and wonderful , that I might easily
amaze my self , and tire you in a relation of them .
(WALTON-E3-P2,248.202)

And yet I will exercise your promised patience by saying a little of
the <font> Caterpillar </font> or the <font> Palmer-flie </font> or
<font> worm </font> , that by them you may guess what a work it were in
a Discourse but to run over those very many <font> flies , worms
</font> and little living creatures with which the Sun and Summer adorn
and beautifie the River banks and Meadows ; both-4 for the recreation
and contemplation of us Anglers , pleasures which <paren> I think
</paren> I my self enjoy more than any other man that is not of my
profession . (WALTON-E3-P2,248.203)

<P_249>

<font> Pliny </font> holds an opinion , that many have their birth or
being from a dew that in the Spring falls upon the leaves of trees ;
and that some kinds of them are from a dew left upon herbs or flowers ;
and others from a dew left upon Coleworts or Cabbages : All which kinds
of dews being thickned and condensed , are by the Suns generative heat
most of them hatch'd , and in three days made living creatures ;
(WALTON-E3-P2,249.205)

and these of several shapes and colours ; some being hard and tough ,
some smooth and soft ; (WALTON-E3-P2,249.206)

some are horned in their head , some in their tail ,
(WALTON-E3-P2,249.207)

some have none : (WALTON-E3-P2,249.208)

some have hair , some none : (WALTON-E3-P2,249.209)

some have sixteen feet , some less , (WALTON-E3-P2,249.210)

and some have none , (WALTON-E3-P2,249.211)

but <paren> as our <font> Topsel </font> hath with great diligence
observed </paren> those which have none , move upon the earth or upon
broad leaves , their motion being not unlike to the waves of the Sea .
(WALTON-E3-P2,249.212)

Some of them he also observes to be bred of the Eggs of other
Caterpillars , and that those in their time turn to be <font>
Butter-flies </font> : and again , that their Eggs turn the following
year to be <font> Caterpillars </font> . (WALTON-E3-P2,249.213)

And some affirm , that every plant has his particular flie or
Caterpillar , which it breeds and feeds . (WALTON-E3-P2,249.214)

I have seen , and may therefore affirm it , a green Caterpillar , or
worm , as big as a small Peascod , which had fourteen legs , eight on
the belly , four under the neck , and two near the tail .
(WALTON-E3-P2,249.215)

It was found on a hedge of Privet , (WALTON-E3-P2,249.216)

and was taken thence , and put into a large Box ,
(WALTON-E3-P2,249.217)

and a little branch or two of Privet put to it , on which I saw it feed
as sharply as a dog gnaws a bone : (WALTON-E3-P2,249.218)

it lived thus five or six daies , (WALTON-E3-P2,249.219)

and thrived , (WALTON-E3-P2,249.220)

and changed the colour two or three times , (WALTON-E3-P2,249.221)

but by some neglect in the keeper of it , it then dyed
(WALTON-E3-P2,249.222)

and did not turn to a flie : (WALTON-E3-P2,249.223)

but if it had lived , it had doubtless turned to one of those flies
that some call flies of prey , which those that walk by the Rivers may
in Summer , see fasten on smaller flies , and I think make them their
food . (WALTON-E3-P2,249.224)

And $'t $is {TEXT:'tis} observable , that as there be these <font>
flies of prey </font> which be very large , so there be others very
little , created , I think , only to feed them , and bred out of I know
not what ; whose life , they say , Nature intended not to exceed an
hour , (WALTON-E3-P2,249.225)

and yet that life is thus made shorter by other flies , or accident .
(WALTON-E3-P2,249.226)

<P_250>

$'T $is {TEXT:'Tis} endless to tell you what the curious searchers into
Natures productions have observed of these Worms and Flies :
(WALTON-E3-P2,250.228)

But yet I shall tell you what <font> Aldrovandus </font> , our <font>
Topsel </font> , and others say of the <font> Palmer-worm </font> or
<font> Caterpillar </font> ; That whereas others content themselves to
feed on particular herbs or leaves , <paren> for most think those very
leaves that gave them life and shape , give them a particular feeding
and nourishment , and that upon them they usually abide </paren> yet he
observes , that this is called a <font> pilgrim </font> or <font>
palmer-worm </font> , for his very wandring life and various food ; not
contenting himself <paren> as others do </paren> with any one certain
place for his abode , nor any certain kind of herb or flower for his
feeding ; (WALTON-E3-P2,250.229)

but will boldly and disorderly wander up and down , and not endure to
be kept to a diet , or fixt to a particular place .
(WALTON-E3-P2,250.230)

Nay , the very colours of <font> Caterpillars </font> are , as one has
observed , very elegant and beautiful : (WALTON-E3-P2,250.231)

I shall <paren> for a taste of the rest </paren> describe one of them ,
which I will sometime the next month shew you feeding on a Willow-tree
, (WALTON-E3-P2,250.232)

and you shall find him punctually to answer this very description :
<font> His lips and mouth somewhat yellow , his eyes black as Jet , his
forehead purple , his feet and hinder parts green , his tail two forked
and black , the whole body stained with a kind of red spots which run
along the neck and shoulder-blade , not unlike the form of Saint
</font> Andrew's <font> Cross , or the letter </font> X , <font> made
thus cross-wise , and a white line drawn down his back to his tail ;
all which add much beauty to his whole body . </font>
(WALTON-E3-P2,250.233)

And it is to me observable , that at a fixed age this <font>
Caterpillar </font> gives over to eat , and towards Winter comes to be
covered over with a strange shell or crust called an <font> Aurelia
</font> , and so lives a kind of dead life , without eating all the
Winter ; (WALTON-E3-P2,250.234)

and <paren> as others of several kinds turn to be several kinds of
flies and vermin the Spring following </paren> so this <font>
Caterpillar </font> then turns to be a painted <font> Butter-fly
{COM:no_period_in_text} </font> (WALTON-E3-P2,250.235)

Come , (WALTON-E3-P2,250.236)

come my Scholar , (WALTON-E3-P2,250.237)

you see the River stops our morning walk , (WALTON-E3-P2,250.238)

and I will also here stop my discourse , only as we sit down under this
<font> Honey-suckle </font> hedg , (WALTON-E3-P2,250.239)

whilst I look a Line to fit the Rod that our brother <font> Peter
</font> hath lent you , I shall for a <P_251> little confirmation of
what I have said , repeat the observation of <font> Du Bartas </font> :
(WALTON-E3-P2,251.240)

{COM:verse_omitted}

<font> Venat. </font> O my good Master , this morning-walk has been
spent to my great pleasure and wonder : (WALTON-E3-P2,251.242)

but I pray , when shall I have your direction how to make artificial
flies , like to those that the <font> Trout </font> loves best ? and
also how to use them ? (WALTON-E3-P2,251.243)

<font> Pisc. </font> My honest Scholar , it is now past five of the
Clock , (WALTON-E3-P2,251.244)

we will fish till nine , and then go to breakfast :
(WALTON-E3-P2,251.245)

Go you to yonder <font> Sycamore-tree </font> , (WALTON-E3-P2,251.246)

and hide your Bottle of drink under the hollow root of it ;
(WALTON-E3-P2,251.247)

for about that time , and in that place , we will make a brave
breakfast with a piece of powdered Beef , and a Radish or two that I
have in my Fish-bag ; (WALTON-E3-P2,251.248)

we shall , I warrant you , make a good , honest , wholsome , hungry
breakfast , (WALTON-E3-P2,251.249)

and I will then <P_252> give you direction for the making and using of
your flies : (WALTON-E3-P2,252.250)

and in the mean time there is your Rod and Line ,
(WALTON-E3-P2,252.251)

and my advice is , that you fish as you see me do ,
(WALTON-E3-P2,252.252)

and $let $'s {TEXT:let's} try which can catch the first Fish .
(WALTON-E3-P2,252.253)

<font> Venat. </font> I thank you Master , (WALTON-E3-P2,252.254)

I will observe and practice your direction as far as I am able .
(WALTON-E3-P2,252.255)

<font> Pisc. </font> Look you Scholar , (WALTON-E3-P2,252.256)

you see I have hold of a good Fish : (WALTON-E3-P2,252.257)

I now see it is a Trout ; (WALTON-E3-P2,252.258)

I pray , put that Net under him , (WALTON-E3-P2,252.259)

and touch not my line , (WALTON-E3-P2,252.260)

for if you do , then we break all . (WALTON-E3-P2,252.261)

Well done Scholar , (WALTON-E3-P2,252.262)

I thank you . (WALTON-E3-P2,252.263)

Now for another . Trust me , (WALTON-E3-P2,252.264)

I have another bite : (WALTON-E3-P2,252.265)

come Scholar , (WALTON-E3-P2,252.266)

come (WALTON-E3-P2,252.267)

lay down your Rod , (WALTON-E3-P2,252.268)

and help me to land this as you did the other . (WALTON-E3-P2,252.269)

So , now we shall be sure to have a good dish of Fish for supper .
(WALTON-E3-P2,252.270)

<font> Venat. </font> I am glad of that ; (WALTON-E3-P2,252.271)

but I have no fortune : (WALTON-E3-P2,252.272)

sure , Master , yours is a better Rod , and better tackling .
(WALTON-E3-P2,252.273)

<font> Pisc. </font> Nay , then take mine , (WALTON-E3-P2,252.274)

and I will fish with yours . (WALTON-E3-P2,252.275)

Look you , Scholar , (WALTON-E3-P2,252.276)

I have another ; (WALTON-E3-P2,252.277)

come , (WALTON-E3-P2,252.278)

do as you did before . (WALTON-E3-P2,252.279)

And now I have a bite at another : (WALTON-E3-P2,252.280)

Oh me ! he has broke all ; (WALTON-E3-P2,252.281)

there 's half a line and a good hook lost . (WALTON-E3-P2,252.282)

<font> Venat. </font> I and a good <font> Trout </font> too .
(WALTON-E3-P2,252.283)

<font> Pisc. </font> Nay , the <font> Trout </font> is not lost ,
(WALTON-E3-P2,252.284)

for pray take notice no man can lose what he never had .
(WALTON-E3-P2,252.285)

<font> Venat. </font> Master , I can neither-1 catch with the first nor
second Angle : (WALTON-E3-P2,252.286)

I have no fortune . (WALTON-E3-P2,252.287)

<font> Pisc. </font> Look you , Scholar , I have yet another :
(WALTON-E3-P2,252.288)

and now having caught three brace of Trouts , I will tell you a short
Tale as we walk towards our breakfast : (WALTON-E3-P2,252.289)

<font> A Scholar <paren> a Preacher I should say </paren> that was to
preach to procure the approbation of a Parish , that he might be their
Lecturer , had got from his Fellow-pupil the copy of a Sermon that was
first preached with great commendation by him that composed it ;
(WALTON-E3-P2,252.290)

and though the borrower of it preached it word for word , as it was at
first , yet it was utterly disliked as it was preached by the second to
his Congregation : which the sermon-borrower complained of to the
lender of it , (WALTON-E3-P2,252.291)

and was thus answered ; I lent you indeed my </font> Fiddle , <font>
but not <P_253> my </font> Fiddlestick ; (WALTON-E3-P2,253.292)

<font> for you are to know , that every one $can $not {TEXT:cannot}
make musick with my words , which are fitted for my own mouth . </font>
(WALTON-E3-P2,253.293)

And so , my Scholar , you are to know , that as the ill pronunciation
or ill accenting of words in a Sermon spoils it , so the ill carriage
of your line , or not fishing even to a foot in a right place , makes
you lose your labour : (WALTON-E3-P2,253.294)

and you are to know , that though you have my <font> Fiddle </font> ,
that is , my very Rod and Tacklings with which you see I catch Fish ;
yet you have not my <font> Fiddle-stick </font> , that is , you yet
have not skill to know how to carry your hand and line , nor how to
guide it to a right place : (WALTON-E3-P2,253.295)

and this must be taught you <paren> for you are to remember I told you
, Angling is an Art </paren> either-2 by practice , or a long
observation , or both . (WALTON-E3-P2,253.296)

But take this for a rule , (WALTON-E3-P2,253.297)

when you fish for a Trout with a Worm , let your line have so much ,
and not more Lead than will fit the stream in which you fish ; that is
to say ; more in a great troublesom stream than in a smaller that is
quieter ; as near as may be , so much as will sink the bait to the
bottom , and keep it still in motion , and not more .
(WALTON-E3-P2,253.298)

But now $let $'s {TEXT:lets} say Grace and fall to breakfast :
(WALTON-E3-P2,253.299)

what say you , Scholar , to the providence of an old Angler ?
(WALTON-E3-P2,253.300)

does not this meat taste well ? (WALTON-E3-P2,253.301)

and was not this place well chosen to eat it ? (WALTON-E3-P2,253.302)

for this Sycamore-tree will shade us from the Suns heat .
(WALTON-E3-P2,253.303)

<font> Venat. </font> All excellent good , (WALTON-E3-P2,253.304)

and my stomach excellent good too . (WALTON-E3-P2,253.305)

And I now remember and find that true which devout <font> Lessius
</font> says , <font> That poor men , and those that fast often , have
much more pleasure in eating than rich men and gluttons , that always
feed before their stomachs are empty of their last meat , and call for
more : (WALTON-E3-P2,253.306)

for by that means they rob themselves of that pleasure that hunger
brings to poor men . </font> (WALTON-E3-P2,253.307)

And I do seriously approve of that saying of yours , <font> That you
had rather be a civil , well govern'd , well grounded , temperate ,
poor Angler , than a drunken Lord . </font> (WALTON-E3-P2,253.308)

But I hope there is none such ; (WALTON-E3-P2,253.309)

however I am certain of this , that I have been at many very costly
dinners that have not afforded me half the content that this has done ,
for which I thank God and you . (WALTON-E3-P2,253.310)

<P_254>

And now good Master , proceed to your promised direction for making and
ordering my Artificial flie . (WALTON-E3-P2,254.312)

<font> Pisc. </font> My honest Scholar , I will do it ,
(WALTON-E3-P2,254.313)

for it is a debt due unto you by my promise : (WALTON-E3-P2,254.314)

and because you shall not think your self more engaged to me than
indeed you really are , I will freely give you such directions as were
lately given to me by an ingenuous brother of the Angle , an honest man
, and a most excellent <font> Flie-fisher </font> .
(WALTON-E3-P2,254.315)

You are to note , that there are twelve kinds of Artificial made Flies
to Angle with upon the top of the water (WALTON-E3-P2,254.316)

<paren> note by the way , that the fittest season of using these is in
a blustering windy day , when the waters are so troubled that the
natural flie $can $not {TEXT:cannot} be seen , or rest upon them
</paren> . (WALTON-E3-P2,254.317)

The first is the <font> dun-flie </font> in <font> March </font> ,
(WALTON-E3-P2,254.318)

the body is made of <font> dun wool </font> , the wings of the
Partridges feathers . (WALTON-E3-P2,254.319)

The second is another <font> dun-Flie </font> , the body of <font>
Black wool </font> , and the wings of the black Drakes feathers , and
of the feathers under his tail . (WALTON-E3-P2,254.320)

The third is the <font> stone-flie </font> in <font> April </font> ,
(WALTON-E3-P2,254.321)

the body is made of <font> black wool </font> made yellow under the
wings , and under the tail , and so made with wings of the Drake .
(WALTON-E3-P2,254.322)

The fourth is the <font> ruddy Flie </font> in the beginning of <font>
May </font> , the body made of <font> red wool </font> wrapt about with
black silk , (WALTON-E3-P2,254.323)

and the feathers are the wings of the Drake , with the feathres of a
red Capon also , which hang dangling on his sides next to the tail .
(WALTON-E3-P2,254.324)

The fifth is the <font> yellow </font> or <font> greenish-flie </font>
<paren> in <font> May </font> likewise </paren> the body made of <font>
yellow wool </font> , and the wings made of the red cocks hackle or
tail . (WALTON-E3-P2,254.325)

The sixth is , the <font> black Flie </font> in <font> May </font> also
, the body made of <font> black wool </font> and lapt about with the
herl of a Peacocks tail ; (WALTON-E3-P2,254.326)

the wings are made of the wings of a brown Capon with his blew feathers
in his head . (WALTON-E3-P2,254.327)

The seventh is the sad <font> yellow-flie </font> in <font> June
</font> , (WALTON-E3-P2,254.328)

the body is made of <font> black wool </font> , with a yellow list on
either side , and the wings taken off the wings of a Buzzard , bound
with black braked hemp . (WALTON-E3-P2,254.329)

The eighth is the <font> moorish flie </font> made of the blackish mail
of the Drake . (WALTON-E3-P2,254.330)

The ninth is the <font> tawny-flie </font> , good until the middle of
<font> June </font> ; the body made of <font> tawny-wool </font> , the
wings made contrary one against the other , made of the whitish mail of
the wild <P_255> Drake . (WALTON-E3-P2,255.331)

The tenth is the <font> Wasp-flie </font> in <font> July </font> , the
body made of <font> black wool </font> , lapt about with yellow silk ,
the wings made of the feathers of the Drake , or of the Buzzard .
(WALTON-E3-P2,255.332)

The Eleventh is the <font> shell-flie </font> , good in mid <font> July
</font> , the body made of greenish wool , lapt about with the herle of
a Peacocks tail ; and the wings made of the wings of the Buzzard .
(WALTON-E3-P2,255.333)

The twelfth is the dark <font> Drake-flie </font> , good in <font>
August </font> , the body made with <font> black Wool </font> , lapt
about with black silk : (WALTON-E3-P2,255.334)

his wings are made with the mail of the black Drake , with a black head
. (WALTON-E3-P2,255.335)

Thus have you a Jury of flies likely to betray and condemn all the
Trouts in the River . (WALTON-E3-P2,255.336)

