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.
Colne, river, account of, 467.
Confidence in God, incitements to, 319.
Conscience, happiness of a good, 313.
Contemplation, 66.
Candocks, 304.
Content, verses in praise of, 265, 314;
incitements to, 318.
Cannon-fly.
Cardanus, H., extract from, and ac- Cooper-brook, confluence of, with the
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.
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.
Chingford, view at, 154, 226, 462.
CHUB, observations on the, 89;
engraving of, 97; dibbing for, 101,
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, Earth-worms, how bred, 131.
470, 472.
Ecclesiastics, hunting forbidden to,
81; where, 82.
Earth, eulogy on, 54.
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.
Dyticus marginalis, account of, 211;
engraving of the larva of ditto,
211.
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.
Dun-flies, directions for making, 145,
405, 409, 410, 411, 427.
Dun-cut fly, 414.
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.
Fish-ponds, directions for making, 302.
Fishing-at-the-top. See Angling with
a natural or artificial fly, and see
Grasshopper. Fishing-at-the-bot-
tom, see Angling with a running-
line, and with a float. Fishing-in-
the-middle, 114, 444; and see
Angling with a ledger-bait: angling
with a float may belong also to this
branch, according to the directions
for taking each species of fish.
Fishing-house at Beresford Hall, view
of, 377, 383; description of, 379;
motto on, 380.
Fishing-tackle, 287-8, and appendix,
p. 321.
Fishing-waters, appendix, 449, et seq.
Flesh flies, 276, 424.
Fletcher, P., verses by, and account
of, 265.
FLIES ARTIFICIAL and NATURAL :-
Ant-fly, 277, 424, Dun, 145.
426.
Dun, blue, 409, en-
graving of, 409.
-great blue, 407.
-little blue, 427.
-black blue, 426.
-blue, or violet,
409.
-great, 407.
-little, 414.
-black, 426.
-large red, 426.
Barm-fly, 424.
Black-fly, 145, 415,
423.
Brown, bright, 409,|
410.
-dark, 407.
-large foetid light, -whirling,
428.
-light, 414.
-little, 411.
411.
-great
409.
411.
-little dark, 410. -little
-March, 410.
-red, 405-6, en--white, 405.
graving of, 405. -whitish, 409.
-small bright, 410. -yellow, 146, 411.
Cadis-fly, 285-6, -great; 407, en-
416.
graving of, 407.
Camel-brown, 427. -prime; 408, en-
Camlet, 384, 423. graving of, 408.
Caterpillar-fly, 276. Dun cut, 414.
Coch-y-bonddhu, Fern-fly, 426.
410.
Flesh-fly, 276, 424.
Cow-dung fly, 415. little, 424.
Cow-lady, 415. Gnat, black, 410.
Drake, dark, 146. -bright dun, 405.
-green, 384, 413--brown, 424.
5-7-8, 423.
-little black, 424.
-white, 414.
FLIES-continued.
Granam or green Palmer, white,
tail, 412, en- 147, 407, 426.
graving of, 412.-brown, 283.
Hackle or Palmer. -plain, 406.
See Palmer. -lesser, 406.
Harry long legs,-great, 407, 414.
427, engraving-another great, 407.
of, 427.
-gold twist, 153,
Hawthorn fly, 153. 407.
Hofland's fancy, -with
410.
a purple
body, 424.
Horse-flesh-fly,412. -gold twist with a
Horse - leech - fly,
183.
House-fly, 276.
May-fly, 148, 152-
3; engraving of,
152.
|-little yellow, 415.
Miller, white, or
purple body, 424.
Palmer-worm, 148.
Peacock-fly,
424.
414,
148; engraving
owl-fly, 423. of, 148.
Moorish, 145. Spinner, great red,
Oak-fly, 152-3-4-
424-5; engraving
5, 419.
of, 424.
Orange-fly, 425. Shell-fly, 145, 426,
Owl-fly, or white Stone-fly, 145,384,
miller, 423, en- 413, 415, 416,
graving of, 423. 419, 421-2-3.
Palmer, or hackle Tawny-fly, 145.
black, 147, 283, Thorntree-fly, 409.
407, 425; en-Turkey-fly, 414.
graving of, 406, Violet-fly, 411.
-red, 147, 283, Wall-fly, 102.
407.
Wasp-fly, 145,425.
Flies, artificial, how to make, See
above list; rules prescribing par-
ticular flies for each month not to
be servilely followed, and why, 32;
the making of flies by the angler
himself recommended, 395; dub-
bing feathers, and other materials,
enumerated, 149; how to angle
with, 386; hue to vary with the
complexion of the day, and water,
146, 153, 407; natural, how to
angle with, 153, 384.
Float-angling, directions for, 287.
Floats, various directions concerning,
287, 331.
Ruddy-fly, 145.
Sad-yellow fly,145.
Salmon-trout fly,
Floud, R., his verses in praise of
Walton, 39.
Flounder, notice of and bait for the,
246; taken in fresh water, 247;
unsizable, caught in the Thames,
and the takers thereof punished,
94.
Fly-fishing, directions for, 146, 154,
382, et seq.
Fly-making, materials for, 149, and
See Flies.
Fordidge-Trout, a singular species,
107-8.
Fresh, called a Flash, 454.
Friar-fish, strange story of, from
Rondeletius, 74.
Frogs, wonderfully sustained, 109;
land and water, 194; their enmity
to pike and carp, 193, 194; how
to bait with, 198, 233; not ve-
nomous, 191; raining of, 197;
fishing for, 304.
Fulimart, account of the, 55.
Furs, the several sorts of, used for
dubbing, 149.
Gay, John, the poet, an angler, 269.
Geese, strange notion respecting the
birth of, 141; wild, engraving of,
219.
Generation, equivocal or spontaneous,
the doctrine of, exploded, 138.
Geneva, lake of, celebrated for large
trout, 106.
Gentles, 216, 221, 252; how to
breed, 131.
440; how to angle with, 440.
GUDGEON, observations on, and how
to fish for, 256; engraving of,
256; average size of, 256; baits
for, 256.
GALLS, Malpighi's account of their
formation, 154, 155.
Guiniad, notice of the, 248.
Gasius, or Gazius, A., and notice of, Gut, silkworm, 326, 389.
250.
George IV., an angler, 302.
George, the, Ware, 165.
Gerard, J., account and portrait of,
238.
Gesner, C., references to, 73, 78, 90,
91, 105, 173, 180, 187, 188, 205,
212, 213, 219, 220, 230, 237, 240,
250, 291; account of, 73; portrait
of, 105.
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Green drake-fly, account of, 415-6-7-8.
Grey-drake, 419.
Groat, value of half, 285.
Grotius, H., and account of, 300.
Ground-bait for Bream, &c., 223;
angling by hand with, for, 383, 438.
Grubs, how to find and preserve, 277,
Guzman, the English, 162.
Gypsies, a gang of, differ about the
division of their booty, 161.
Hackle-feathers, how to get, 150.
Hackle, 406, See Flies.
Haddock, the, 56.
Hair, how to choose, 306; how to dye,
307; single hair, in some cases
recommended, 287, n.; double
hairs, whether better, open or
twisted, 388.
Hakewill, Dr. G., references to, 170,
239.
Hampshire famous for trout-rivers,
169, 360; account of, 466.
Hampton, the resort of London
anglers, 273; view of the bridge,
288; fishing at, 456, 467.
Hand, angling by, explained, 383,
437.
Hanson Toot, engraving of, 286.
Harry-long-legs, 427.
Harvie, or Harvey, Chr., his verses,
156-7;
the author of the Syna-
gogue, 157.
Hastings, Sir G., 107, 279; notice
of, 107.
Hawking, the praise of, 49-54;
vignette of, 53; curious method
of, 50.
Hawks, list of, 53.
Hawthorn fly, 153.
Hawthorn tree in Dove Dale, 432.
Henley, Oliver, a noted fisher for
trout and salmon, 183.
Henmoor, or Schoo Brook, 364.
Herbert, G., portrait of, v. ; account
of, 16; verses by, 72.
Hermit-fish, the, 75.
Heron, thigh bone of, used as a bait,
200; caught with a hook baited
with a fish, 259.
Heylin, P., his description of English
rivers, and account of, 296.
Hippanthropy, 166.
Hoddesdon, thatched-house at, 43,
87; notice of, 44; account of,
464.
Hofland's fancy, 410.
Hog-fish, the, 71.
Holy Spirit, form of the descent
the, 52.
of
Hooks, directions for baiting, 134,
286, 294, 417, 438, 441; various
directions concerning, 329; men-
tioned by the Prophet Amos, and
in the Book of Job, 65, 80.
Hooker, R., portrait of, v.; bio-
graphical sketch of, 15.
Horse-leech-fly, taken by the Salmon,
183; how to make, ibid.
Humber, river, account of, 298, 360.
Hunting, the praise of, 54; not per-
mitted to ecclesiastics, 81.
Irk, the, a river in Lancashire, famous
for eels, 243.
Isabella-coloured, the origin of the
term, 409.
Isis, the river, 297, 460, 478.
Ivy, oil of, for scenting baits, 185.
Jack, pike so called till twenty-four
inches long, 201.
James, St., tide, 225.
James the First, a great censurer of
tobacco, 376.
January, artificial flies for, 405.
Joints for fly rods, 325.
Josephus, F., reference to, 69.
Jovius, P., references to, 209; account
of, ib.
Juan, Don, extract from, 198.
July, artificial flies for, 145, 425.
June, artificial flies for, 145, 423.
Kenilworth, a pike there seized a
woman's foot, 189.
Kennet, trout and eels, 172, 246, 459.
Kill Devil, 136-7.
Kingfisher's nest, notice of, 285.
Kingston-upon-Hull, 369.
Kirby, in Westmoreland, a curious
well near, 69.
Lake Leman, large trout taken in, 106.
Lake Lurian, large carp taken in,
209.
Lamprels, or lampreys, 241, 246;
tame one kept by Crassus, 239.
Laniare, Nic, account of and portrait,
159.
Last-spring, a fish so called, observa-
tions on, and manner of fishing for,
176, 186; the River Wye, in
Wales, abounds with, 186, 370.
Lathkill, or Lathkin, the river, 369,
370, 471.
Lawes, H., song composed by, 124,
266.
Indian weed, 327.
Laws concerning fish, 93.
Insects destructive to fish, 210-212. Lea river, views on, 43, 129, 154,
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