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A

CONCISE TREATISE

ON THE

ART OF ANGLING,

Confirmed by actual Expérience ;

INTERSPERSED WITH

SEVERAL NEW AND RECENT DISCOVERIES;

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THE WHOLE FORMING

A COMPLETE MUSEUM,

FOR THE

LOVERS OF THAT PLEASING AND RATIONAL

RECREATION.

BY THOMAS BEST,
A new Edition, carefully corrected.

As in successive course the seasons roll,
So cireling pleasures recreate the soul:
When genial spring a living warmth bestows,
And o'er the year her verdant mantle throws,
No swelling inundation hides the ground;
But chrystal currents glide within their bounds;
The finny brood their wonted haunts forsake,
Float in the sun, and skim along the lake;
With frequent leap they range the shallow streams,
Their silver coats reflect the dazzling heams.
Now let the fisherman his toils prepare,
And arm himself with every wat'ry snare;
His hooks, his lines peruse, with careful eye,
Increase his tackle, and his rod re-tie.

GAY.

LONDON:

Printed by T. Plummer, Seething-Lane, Tower-Street..
FOR B. CROSEY AND CO, NO.4, STATIONERS COURT,

LUDGATE HILL.

F181.8

GIFT OF

DANIEL B. FEARING

30 JUNE 1915

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