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Floud, R., his verses in praise of Gipsies, humorous story "concerning
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.

GALLS, Malpighi's account of their
formation, 154, 155.

a party of, 161; sketch of, 161.
Gnat (black), to make, 424.
Gold-fish, brought from China, 294.
Granam or green-tail, 412.
Grasshopper, 101, 103, 221; how sus-
tained without a mouth, 107.
Gravel, last spring, See Last Spring.
Graves, how to be used as ground-
bait, 252.

GRAYLING, or Umber, observations on
the, and how to fish for, 173, 382;
engraving of, 174, 398; season of
the, 399; how to dress, 435; dif-
ference between the Umber and
Grayling, 173.

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,
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.

Guiniad, notice of the, 248.
Gasius, or Gazius, A., and notice of, Gut, silkworm, 326, 389.
250.

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.

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.

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, Irk, the, a river in Lancashire, famous

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 of
the, 52.

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.

Indian weed, 327.

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.

Laws concerning fish, 93.

Insects destructive to fish, 210-212. Lea river, views on, 43, 129, 154,

172, 226, 229, 289, 319; Danes
sail up, 299; account of, 475.
Lebault, or Liebault, Dr. J., references
to, 302, 304.

Ledger-bait, described, 195.

Leominster, Hereford, 171.

fications required by him in an
angler, 64.

Marlow, Chr., song by, 115, 118;
account of, 115.
Marsh-worm, 215, 228.

Martial, his epigram on fish, 171.

Lessius, L., reference to and account Martins caught with a fly, 259.

of, 144.

Libellulidæ, 211.

"Like Hermit poor :" a song, 159.
Lines, various directions concerning,
134, 306, 387. See Appendix on
fishing-tackle, 326.
Loach, representation of the, 290,
291; derivation of the word, 291.
particulars concerning the, 291.
Lobel, Matthias de, a botanist, ac-
count of, 238.

Lobster, the, See Chichester, 206.
Lob-worm, 132, 134, 228, 241,

252.

Lochmere in Ireland, 68.

London Bridge, excellent roach near,
273.

Londoners, excellent roach-anglers,
274.

Lophius Piscatorius, references to, 74,
299; engraving of, 75; account
299.

Masaniello, account of, 116.
Mascall, Mr., the person who first
brought carps into England, 207;
an excellent fly-fisher, 144.
Matthiolus, P. A., reference to, and
account of, 293.

Maudlin, diminutive of Matilda, 117.
May, artificial flies for, 145, 413.
May-fly, how to make, 152, 275;
account of, 153; various titles of
the, 415.

Meadow-worm, 215.
Medway, notice of the river, 298, 470.
Mercator, G., reference to, and ac-
count of, 106.

Mere, meaning of the word, 221.
Mews, from mewing a hawk, ex-
plained, 44.

Middle, angling in the, 382, 444.
Miller's thumb, a name of the Bull-
head, 290, 292; engraving of, 290,
292; habits of, 292.

Lucian, verses prefixed to his dia- MINNOW, used as a bait, 104, 130,

logues, 47.

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Macrobius, account of, 60.

Madely Manor, Staffordshire, view
of, v.

Mail, explanation of the term, 146.
Maison Rustique, a book so called,
302.

Malpighi, his discovery of the pro-

duction of the Oak-fly, 154.
Manchet, meaning of the word, 275.
Manifold River, view near, 436.
March, artificial flies for, 145, 408;
fly-fishing begins in, 408.
March-brown fly, 410.

Markham, Gervase, whimsical quali-

135-6, 183, 232, 241, 259, 444,
445; time of catching and descrip-
tion of the, 135, 290; how to pre-
serve and imitate, 136; curious
anecdote of, 290; representation of
the, 135, 290; how to dress, 291;
artificial, 136-7; minnow tackle,
137; have scales like other fish,
289.

Minnow-tansies, how to make, 291.
Miser, a portrait of, 309.
Mogul, great, reference to, 170.
Mole, the river erroneously said to
run underground, 61, 469.
Montaigne, M. de, references to, 48;

account of, 74; portrait, 48.
Months, alteration in the, 145, 215.
Moorish fiy, how to make, 145.
Moses, various references to, 52, 57,
58, 59, 65, 80.

Moss, for scouring worms, various
kinds of, 133.

Mouldwarp, derivation of, 55.

92; power of the, to smell under
water, 184.

Otter hounds, peculiarity of, 91.

Moulin, P. Du, reference to, and ac- Otway, poetry by, 155.

count of, 67.

Mullet, how used in Roman feasts,
104; verses on the, 77; Moses
Brown's version of ditto, 77 ; Arun-
del, 108.

Music to the angler's song, 266;
formerly more practised than now,
268-9.

Nepa cinerea, or water scorpion, 211.
New-river, when completed, 2; ac-
count of, 460.

Newts, engraving of, 259.

Ouse river, 298; the name common
to several English rivers, 373,
479.

Overbury, Sir Thomas, 119.
Owen, John, epigram by, 61.
Owl-fly, how to make, 423.
Owler, derivation and meaning of,
308.

Oxfordshire, rivers of, 478.

Palmer, or Pilgrim-Worm, account of,
138; Palmer-flies, directions for
making. See Flies.

Night-fishing, particulars of, 167, Parrot-fish, 71.

168; baits for, 168.
Nightingale, melody of, 51.
Notanecta, or boat-fly, 211.
November, artificial flies for, 428.
Nowel, Dr. Al., portrait, character,
and account of, 82, 83.

Oak-apple, the nidus of the Oak-fly
in its vermicular state, 154.

Oak-fly, directions for making and
finding, 152, 153, 419; worm,
how bred, 153-4-5.
Oak worm, 131, 152.
October, flies for, 427.

Offley, J.; view of his house, v.;
original dedication to, 29.

Oils for baits, remarks on, 184, 200,
216, 279, 442.

Pastes, for Chub, 103; for Carp, 215,

217; for Bream, 221; for Tench,
228; for Barbel, 252; for Roach,
275.

Paternoster line, why so called, 258.
Peacock-fly, how to make, 414, 424.
PEARCH, observations on the, 230;

engravings of the, 230, 232; ex-
traordinary size of, 231, 233; how
to fish for, 232; how to catch in
the Thames, 233.
Peewit-gulls, 95.

Pemble-Mere, a fish peculiar to, 248.
Pepys, his account of Cotton's Fishing-
House, 379.

Perkins, W., his praise of angling,
and account of, 82.

Persia, kings of, hawking after but-
terflies, 50.

Ointment for the eyes, made from Peter (Saint), never at Rome, 61;

umber fat and honey, 174.

Old Rose, a song so called, 92.

epigram on the question, 61.
Peucerus, G., and account of, 166.

Oppian reckons the different kinds of Pheer, explanation of the term, 77.
fish, 79.

Orange-fly, how to make, 425.
Otter, great destruction of fish by
the, 46, 89, 93; not a fish, 90;
various particulars of the, 89, 90,
92; description and engraving of
an Otter-hunt, 45; engravings of,
89, 93; tame ones taught to fish,

Pickerel-Weed, various properties of,

187, 195; note concerning, 187.
Pigeons, various uses of, 52; their
long flight for food, 90; various
names of, 112.

PIKE, observations on the, 187; in-
stances of its voracity, 189, 190,
191; engraving of the, 195; when

brought to England, 205; how to | Prophets, inspiration of, 67; com-

fish for, 196, 199; baits for, ib., 200,
201; how to dress, 204; countries
of, 205; destroyed by Tadpoles,
212; length of life of, 188; haunts
of, &c., 201.

Pike-Pool, Staffordshire, description
of, 400; views of, 402, 443.
Pinto, F. M., reference to, and account
of, 81.

Pismire, 55, 56.

Pitch, meaning of the word, 274.
Pliny, C. S., references to, 69, 72,
73, 78, 138, 170, 197, 209.
Plummet, engravings of, 334-5.
Plutarch, references to, 81, 251.
Poetry, 21-22, 34, 42, 47, 71, 72,
73, 74, 76, 77, 82, 86, 87, 90, 92,
96, 115, 118-121, 124, 125, 126,
127, 128, 141, 142, 151, 155,
156, 157, 159, 160, 164, 171,
180, 185, 198, 199, 206, 208,
211, 225, 234, 235, 246, 261,
262, 263, 265, 266, 267, 268,
269, 270, 274, 282, 283, 297,
298, 299, 303, 314, 315, 316,
317, 318, 343, 345, 348, 350,
353-5, 385, 393, 394, 399, 405,
420.

Polecat, same species as Fulimart,

55.

Ponders End, on the Lea, view of,
229, 463.

Pope, or Ruffe, observations on, and
how to fish for, 257; engraving of,
ibid.

Pope's Windsor Forest, reference to,
69.

Popham, General, his preserves at
Hungerford, 166.

Position, in angling, what to take,
147, 151, 153.

Prayer, verses on, 156, 157; mean-
ing of, explained, 157.
Prest, explanation of the term, 77.
Privet Hawk-Moth, not a fly of prey,
139.

Property, in many of the objects of
sense not necessary to our enjoy-
ment of them, 261.

parison of, 80.

Proverbs, various, 45, 47, 94, 124,
127, 220, 230, 244, 358, 372,
375.

Purple Island, the, a poem, 265.

Queen Elizabeth, her wish in May,
119.

Raleigh, Sir W., Song by, 115, 119,
316; portrait of, 115.
Rascal, derivation of the term, 57.
Rat (Water), destructive to fish, 95;
engraving of, ib.

Raven, various particulars of the,
52, 108.

Ray, the naturalist, on the emigra-
tion of fish, 178; his opinion about
the raining of frogs, 197.
Red-Worm, 221, 257, 258.
Reeves, John, a Thames waterman,
273.

Retirement, stanzas by Cotton, 353,
354, 355.

Rich men, unhappiness of, 309.
Richmond, fishing at, 453.
Rivers, wonderful, 68; Walton's de-
light in strolling along the banks
of, 155; accounts of the English,
296, 297, 298, 367, 449, et seq.
ROACH, observations on, 271; in-
ferior breed of, 272; caught in
the Thames, 273; representation
of the, 275; how to fish for the,
278, 284; haunts of, 280, 281.
Rod, various directions for the, 308,
321, 386.

Rome, splendid entertainment of fish
there, 59; rarity of, at, 61.
Rondelet, Guil., references to, 78,
227, 237, 238, 250; account of,
73; portrait of, 72.

Rose, Old, a song so called, 92.
Rosicrucians, allusion to, and notice
of the, 280.

"Royal Merchant, or Beggar's Bush,"
authors of, 164.

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