happiness, 66.

Adonis, river, 68.

Elian, C., account of, 75.

Air, eulogium on, 49.

Albertus Magnus, 109, 240; account
of, 109.

Alchemists, the practices of, 360-1.
Aldrovandus, U., 140, 173, 174, 230,
244; account of and portrait, 140.
Alstonefield, 374.

Ambrose, St., his admiration of the
Grayling, 174.

Amerley trout, superiority of, 108,

206.

Amos, Illustration from 65, 80.

for making, 424, 426; black ditto,
426; large red, 426.

Antony and Cleopatra, amuse them-
selves with angling, 81.
Ants-eggs, a bait for Roach, 280.
Apostles, four of them fishermen,
79; comparison of their language,
80.

April, artificial flies for, 145, 148,
410.

Aristotle, 68, 73, 78, 209.

Arm, explanation of the term, 148.
Artist, definition of, 387.
Arun, river, 206.

Ashbourne ale, 375, 470.

88.

Angel, a coin; value of, 317.
Anglers, character of, and exception
in Tomaso Aniello, 116; eminent
modern, 269; ditto ancient, 80;
qualities of, 64; the Angler's Wish,
86, 159; ditto song, 127, 262,
266; their peculiar enjoyment of
nature, 7, 138.

Angling, earliest English work on, 6;
defence of, 48; praise of, 64-6;
antiquity of, 65; allowed to eccle-
siastics, 81; remarks on, 82, 83;
with an artificial fly, (See under
Flies); with a natural fly, 153, 384;
at the bottom, 382, 437; in the
middle, 382, 444; with cadis, 286,
440, 441; with a minnow, 135; with
a running-line, 134, 437; with a
ledger-bait, 196; with a float,
439; by hand, 437.

non-fly, and Downhill-fly, the same,
153; how produced, and where
found, 153-4.

Ashford, in Derbyshire, 370, 473.
Ash-grub, 440.

Ashmole, E., his collection of Natural
History, 70; portrait and account
of, 71.

Assa-fœtida, grateful to the senses of
fish, 134, 184.

Avon, the rivers, 86; account of, 464,
473.

August, artificial flies for, 146, 426.
Augustin, St., life of, referred to,
318.

Aukham, in Lincolnshire, famous for
eels, 246.

Ausonius, D. M., 73, 258; account
of, 73.

Awber, the river, 370.
Awberson, town of, 370.

Axe, the river, 474.

Bacon, Fr., Baron Verulam, refer-
ences to, 109, 111, 169, 170, 179,
181, 184, 188, 212, 213, 237, 239;
portrait of, 169.

BAIT, general, 282; other general
baits, 284; Winter-bait for Roach,
&c., 277; baits, method of dis-
covering what fish take, 282, 408;
scented, 134, 184. Artificial, 332.
[And see the titles Cadis, Flies,
Frogs, Gentles, Grasshopper,
Graves, Ground-bait, Grub, Loach,
Minnow, Oils, Pastes, Shrimps,
Stickleback, Wheat, Worms, and
each kind of fish by name.]
Baker, Sir R., reference to, 208.
Bakewell, town of, 370, 473.
Balæna, same as the Whale, 69.
BARBEL, 249; how to fish for, 252;
spawn of, poisonous, 250; flesh
dangerous,
250; an angler
caught by a barbel, 253; aver-
age size of, 249; haunts of, 250;
notable patience of a barbel-
angler, 254, n.; party of barbel-
fishers, remarkably successful,
ibid.; engraving of the, 251;
season of the, 272.

Barker, Mr. Thomas, an old angler,
and a writer on angling, 11; quo-
tations from, 146, 282; notable
story of his fishing in the night,
146; specimen of his poetry, 199.
Barnacles, 71.

Bartholemew's, St., tide, 225.
Bats not migratory, 108.
Bavin, meaning of the word, 303.
Bede, Venerable, his notice of the

Island of Ely, and account of, 237.
Beef, powdered, 420.

Beer, bottled, origin of, 84.
Beggar, blind, of Bethnal Green, story
of, 317.

Beggars, humorous story of, 163.
Beresford Hall, 362, 375; view of,
392; Walton chamber, 363; en-
graving of, 363.

Berners, Dame Juliana; of a noble

family; learned and accomplished;
authoress of a book on "Angling,"
extracts from it, 6; woodcut from,
6; her work on Hunting, &c., 6-7 ;
referred to, 208.

Birds, various properties of, 50;
enemies to fish, 95; migration of,
108; various breeds of, 112.
Bishop-Fish, strange account of, from
Rondeletius, &c., 74.
Black and blue Dun-flies, directions for
making, 426.

Fly, ditto, 145, 414, 423.
Gnat-fly, ditto, 410, 424.
Hackle-fly, ditto, 425-6.
BLEAK, particulars of the, and en-
graving of, 258-9.

Bleak Hall, 463; engraving of, 116.
Blue Dun-fly, directions for making,
407, 409, 427.

Boanthropy, Nebuchadnezzar punished
with, 166.
Bobbing for eels, 242.
Bottles of hay, 199.

Boyle, Hon. Rob., his 'spiritualised
angling,' ridiculed by Swift, 13.
Brailsford or Brelsford, notice of, 358,
473.

Brailsford well, engraving of, 357.
Brandling, 131, 232.
BREAM, observations on the, 219;
engraving of, 220; baits for, 221-
2-3; haunts of, 225-6; seasons
of the, 225; considered good
eating formerly, 220-221.
Brian, probably the name of Walton's
dog, 160.

Bright Brown-fly, directions for
making, 409.

Dun Gnat, ditto, 405.
Brown, dark, fly, 410; large fœtid
light, 428.

Broxbourn on the Lea, 463; view of,
172.

BULL-HEAD, 289; account of and
engraving, 290, 292.

Bullin's, Mrs., cottage, 226, 463.
BULL-TROUT, where found, &c., 109.
Burning springs accounted for, 68.
Butler, Charles, his book of "Bees," 53.

Butler, Dr. W., remark and account
of, 158.

Byron, Lord, lines on Walton, 198.

CADIS, several kinds of, enumerated,
284-5, et seq.; a good bait, 286;
cock-spur cadis, a choice bait for
float fish, ibid.; engraving of, 285,
416; how to bait with a yellow
cadis for Trout, 286; where found,
286; how to take, 287; may be
used with a worm or fly, 441-2.
Calve, to, definition of, 399.
Cambridgeshire, rivers of, 479.
Camden, W., references to, 68, 91,
226, 238, 240, 247, 301; portrait
of, 68.

Candocks, 304.

Cannon-fly. See Oak-fly.
Cardanus, H., extract from, and ac-
count of, 197.

CARP, observations on, 207; how to
fish for, 215, 216, 217; excellent
bait for, 217; ground-bait, 223;
when and by whom first brought
into England, 207; their fertility,
208; large size, 209; longevity, 208,
212; docility, 170; observations
on the breeding of, 208, 213, 303;
how to dress, 217, 218; engraving
of the, 207, 214.

Casaubon, Dr. M., references to, 70,

166; account of, 70.
Casting the line, directions for, 387.
Catch, the angler's song is not a,
265.

how

Caterpillar, account of, 138;
bred, 138, 139.
Caussin, N., references to, 313.
Chalkhill, verses by, 125, 262.
Chameleon, that it lives on the air a
vulgar error, 109.
Chantilly, tame carp at, 212.

CHAR, a local fish, 247; engraving
of, 247.

Charles the First, anecdote respect-
ing, 13.

Chingford, view at, 154, 226, 462.
CHUB, observations on the, 89;
engraving of, 97; dibbing for, 101,

102; how to fish for and dress
the, 99, 100; haunts of, 104.
Church Catechism, the author of,
disputed, 83.

Clarendon, Lord, his opinion on the
question, Whether the happiness of
man consists more in contemplation
or action, 66.

Coble or Cockle-boat, 176.
Coch-y-bonddhu, 410.

Cockchafer, grub of the, 441.
Cocks known to bring up chickens,
78.

Colne, river, account of, 467.
Confidence in God, incitements to, 319.
Conscience, happiness of a good, 313.
Contemplation, 66.

Content, verses in praise of, 265, 314;
incitements to, 318.
Cooper-brook, confluence of, with the
Don, 430.

Coriate, Tho., account of, 372-3.
Cotton, Charles, Esq., life of, 341;
letter of, 351; verses by, 353; his
fishing-house described, 379; view
of, 377.

Country life, song in praise of, 125;
scenery, beautiful description of,
264.

Covetous men unhappy, 47.
Cow (red), milk used in consumption,
255.

Cowley, quotation from, 317, 318.
Crassus, reference to, 239.
Cray river, reference to, 106, 470.
Crucians, a small pond-fish, 294.
Cuckoo-spit, the nidus of the gras-
hopper, 107.

Cuttle-fish, account of the, 74.
Cynanthropy, 166.

DACE, observations on, 271; how to
fish for, 276; haunts of, 280, 281;
with a gnat or grashopper, 103, 281;
engraving of, 276.

Danes, the, sail up the river Lea, 299.
Daping, or Dabbing. See Dibbing.
David, his gratitude to God, 312.
Davison, F., humorous song by, 164,
account of, 164.

Davors, J., pastoral song by, 86.
December, artificial flies for, 428.
Derbyshire, rivers of, 367, 471.
Derham, Dr., his account of the pro-
duction of the Oak-fly, 155.
Derwent, the river, 292, 369, 370,
470, 472.

Dibbing, angling with a live fly, or
with another insect as a fly, 122,
153, 281; how to put the Green-
drake-fly on the hook, 418; when
to dib with the Stone-fly, 422;
Camlet-fly, 423.

Diodorus Siculus, references to, 264.
Docks, below London Bridge, the
fishing at, 452.

Donne, Dr. J., his portrait, v.;
praise of Walton's life of, 3; refer-
ence to, 314; copy of a seal given
by him to Walton, 33; verses by,
234; biographical sketch of, 13.
Dove, river, account of, 367; views
near or on the Dove, 358, 365, 366,
377, 383, 392, 402, 412, 420, 430,
432, 436, 443, 447; derivation of
the name, 368; further account of,
472.

Dove, the, as typical of the Holy

Spirit, 52; engraving of, 77.
Dovedale, description of, 368.
Downhill-fly. See Oak-fly.
Drayton, M., his description of the

salmon-leap, 180; sonnet on the
English rivers, 298; account of, &c.,
180.

Du Bartas, G. de S. Sieur, account
of, 73; references to, 73, 76, 77,
141, 238.

Dubbing, materials for, 149; how to

put on, 389; how to discover the
true colour of, 396.
Dubravius, J. S., references to, 193,
213, 303; account of, 193; por-
trait of, 306.

Ducks, young, devoured by pike, 192;
by eels, 241; destructive to fish,
304.

Dyticus marginalis, account of, 211;
engraving of the larva of ditto,
211.

Earth, eulogy on, 54.

Earth-worms, how bred, 131.
Ecclesiastics, hunting forbidden to,
81; where, 82.

EELS, observations on, and how to
fish for, 236; haunts of the eel,
244; how to dress, 243; an ovi-
parous fish, 245; young ducks
devoured by eels, 241; engravings
of, 236, 243; travel over land,
240; generation of, 244, 245.
Elizabeth, Queen, her wish in May, 119.
Ephemeron, account of, from Swam-
merdam, 139.

Epigram, by John Owen, 61.
Erasmus, reference to, 133.

Feathers, the several kinds of, used in
fly-making, 149; a yellow dye for,
418.

February, artificial flies for, 406.
Fence-months, 94.
Fern-fly, 426.

Fish, have the sense of hearing, 169;
do not generate like other animals,
192, 236; their docility, 170;
sometimes dug out of the earth,
240; do not grind their food, 219;
monstrous, 59, 300; singular fish
described by Dr. Wharton, 299;
leather-mouthed, definition of, 103;
gold and silver, 294; salted, for
baits, recommended by Walton,
136; disapproved by Cotton, 444;
days, law concerning, 93; insects
destructive to, 210, 211, 212;
number of kinds of, 79.

Fishermen (ignorant) take a sea-
monster to church, 74.
Fishermen on the beach, engraving,
248.

Fish-hooks, mention of, in the Scrip-
tures, 65, 80.

405, 409, 410, 411, 427.

Dun-cut fly, 414.

Fishing-at-the-top. See Angling with
a natural or artificial fly, and see