172, 226, 229, 289, 319; Danes
sail up, 299; account of, 475.
Lebault, or Liebault, Dr. J., references
to, 302, 304.
"Like Hermit poor :" a song, 159.
Lines, various directions concerning,
134, 306, 387. See Appendix on
fishing-tackle, 326.
Marlow, Chr., song by, 115, 118;
account of, 115.
Ledger-bait, described, 195.
Marsh-worm, 215, 228.
Leominster, Hereford, 171.
Martial, his epigram on fish, 171.
Lessius, L., reference to and account Martins caught with a fly, 259.
of, 144.
Masaniello, account of, 116.
Libellulidæ, 211.
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.
Loach, representation of the, 290,
291; derivation of the word, 291.
particulars concerning the, 291.
Lobel, Matthias de, a botanist, ac-
count of, 238.
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.
Lobster, the, See Chichester, 206.
Lob-worm, 132, 134, 228, 241,
252.
Lochmere in Ireland, 68.
London Bridge, excellent roach near, Mere, meaning of the word, 221.
273.
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.
Londoners, excellent roach-anglers,
274.
Lophius Piscatorius, references to, 74,
299; engraving of, 75; account
299.
fications required by him in an
angler, 64.
MINNOW, used as a bait, 104, 130,
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.
Otter hounds, peculiarity of, 91.
Mould warp, derivation of, 55.
Moulin, P. Du, reference to, and ac- Otway, poetry by, 155.
count of, 67.
Quse river, 298; the name common
to several English rivers, 373,
479.
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.
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.
92; power of the, to smell under
water, 184.
Nepa cinerea, or water scorpion, 211.
New-river, when completed, 2; ac-
count of, 460.
Newts, engraving of, 259.
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.
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.
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,
Palmer, or Pilgrim-Worm, account of,
138; Palmer-flies, directions for
making. See Flies.
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.
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.
Ointment for the eyes, made from
umber fat and honey, 174.
Old Rose, a song so called, 92.
Peter (Saint), never at Rome, 61;
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.
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
parison of, 80.
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.
Proverbs, various, 45, 47, 94, 124,
127, 220, 230, 244, 358, 372,
375.
Purple Island, the, a poem, 265.
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.
Ruddy-fly, how to make, 145.
Ruds, an inferior Roach, 272.
RUFFE, or Pope, representation of the,
257.
Running-line, how to bait the hook
of a, &c., 134.
Running line, why so called, and
directions for making, 134.
Sadler, Mr. Ralph, account of, 46.
Sad-yellow-fly, how to make, 145.
SALMON, observations on the, 177;
leap of the, and verses on ditto,
179, 180; age and growth of the,
181; migration of, 178, 179, 181;
representation of the, 182; sea-
sons of the, 182, 272; spawn in
November and December, 94; how
to fish for the, 183; varieties of
the, 110, 185; have various names
according to their age, 178; tusk
of the, 178; fatten in the sea, 179.
Salmon Pink, fish so called, 185.
Salmon leap, extraordinary, 179.
Salmon-spawn, an excellent bait, and
how to preserve, 282.
Salvian, Hipp., reference to and
account of, 174.
SAMLET, or Skegger-Trout, engraving
of the, 106; a variation of the
Salmon, 185.
Sanderson, Dr. R., portrait of, v.
Sandys, G., references to his travels,
and account of, 52.
Sardonic, definition of, 314.
Sargus, verses on the, 76.
Scala, J. D., account of, 193.
Scented baits, 134, 200; caution
concerning, 185.
Schoo Brook, 364.
Scouring of worms, directions for,
132, 133.
Sea, discoveries made by means of
the, 61.
Sea-Angler, a fish so called, and
engraving of, 75, 300.
Selarus, Silarus, or Silaro, 68.
Seneca, L. A., references to, 104.
September, artificial flies for, 427.
Severn river, the salmon of, when in
season, 32; account of its spring
and course, 297, 472; the conger
taken in the, 246.
Shakespeare an angler, 196.
Shannon, the beauty of the, 296, 297.
Shawford-brook, its locality, 160.
Sheldon, Dr. G., portrait and account
of, 253.
Shell-fly, how to make, 145, 426.
Shepperton Deep, view of, 218; ac-
count of, 457.
Shovel-board, 261.
Shrews, land and water, 295.
Shrimps, as a bait, 452, 453.
Sidney, Sir P., references to, 399.
Silk-worm, reference to, 310.
Silk-worm-gut, the use of, in hook-
lines, 326.
Silver-fish, brought from China, 294.
Singing birds, eulogy on, 51.
Sion House, view near, 260.
Skegger-salmon, how bred, 178;
skegger-trouts, 106, engraving of,
106.
Smelts, an instance of a vast quantity
caught in the Thames, 247.
Smoking, notes on, 225, 376.
Snail, used as a bait, 102.
Snakes, bred by various means, 194;
engraving of, 194.
Snap-Angling, various methods of,
200, 203.
Stares, or Starlings, 73.
Starling's feathers, in fly-making, the
best for wings, 150.
STICKLEBACK, engravings of, 290,
292; uses of the, 136, 293.
Stomach, inconvenience of an empty,
382.
Stone-fly. See Flies.
Stour, the, reference to, 226, 468.
Summersault, derivation of, &c., 180.
Sussex, fish peculiar to, 108.
Swallow, surnamed Pilgrim, 86.
Swans, penalty for stealing, and the
reason thereof, 76.
Tackle, directions concerning, 282,
321; ditto for making, 306; and
see Appendix on Rods, Lines, &c.,
321.
Talbot, the, reference to, 364.
Tawny-fly, how to make, 145.
Tecon, fish so called by Walton, 185;
supposed to be the last-spring, 186.
Teddington Weir, 271.
TENCH, observations on the, 226;
medical virtues of the, 227; haunts
of, 226, 228; peculiarities of, 226,
227; engraving of the, 228,
Test, engraving of a sluice on the, 90;
sources of the, 296-7.
Thames river, salmon of, when in
season, 32; account of the, and
verses on, 296-298; trouts in,
106; views on, 84, 288; fishing
stations on the, 452.
Thames Preservation Society, 94.
Thatched House, Herts, 44, 87; no-
tice of, 44; engravings of, 63.
Theobald's House, 44; history of,
44; view of, 62.
Thermometer, use of, in angling, 151.
Thomson, quotation from, 385.
Thorn-tree fly, how to make, 409.
Thorricle, truckle, or coble, 176;
Tombs, Thomas, an angler; epitaph
on in Hampton church-yard, 274.
Top, angling at the, explained, 383,
384.
engraving of, 176.
Throwing the line, in fly-fishing,
directions for, 387.
Tivy, the river, 180.
Tobacco, James the First a vehement
censurer of, 376; use of, 225.
Topsell, Edward, references to, 109,
139, 197.
Tottenham High-Cross, 43, 313, 314;
view near, 319.
Towght, definition of, 389.
Tradescant, J., his museum, and
account of, 70, 71.
Trent river, the, 298, 369; account
of, 471.
Trolling, various ways of, 201, 202,
203; hooks for, 202.
Trolly lolly, chorus of, 126.
TROUT, observations on the, 105;
varieties of the, 106, 109, 112;
seasons of the, 111, 272; how to
fish for, 122, 143, 167, 168, 169,
383, 397, 437, 444; representation
of the, 113, 122; best anglers for
the, 274; how to dress, 434, 435;
barren, explanation of, 105; length
of life, 110; haunts of, 171; to
crimp a, 435.
Truckle. See Thorricle.
Tweed, notice of the river, 298.
Tyne, notice of the river, 298.
UMBER.
See Grayling.
Valdesso, Sign. J., account of, 67.
Varro, Terentius, references to, and
account of, 51, 60.
Venables, Col. Rob., on angling, 12.
Violet-fly, directions for making, 411.
Virginia Water, engraving of, 302.
Wagtail, not migratory, 108.
Walking-bait, explained, 195.
Waller, Edmund, verses by, 269;
portrait of, 268; account of, 269.
Wall-fly, a bait for a Chub, 102.
Waltham Abbey, view of, 129, 463.
Walton, Izaac-his birth, 1; keeps
a shop in the Royal Exchange,
Cornhill, ib.; occupies half a shop in
Fleet-street, ib.; married to Miss
Anne Kenn, 2; retires from busi-
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