A CONCISE TREATISE ON THE ART OF ANGLING, CONFIRMED BY ACTUAL EXPERIENCE, AND MINUTE OBSERVATIONS; WITH THE PROPER METHODS For Breeding and Feeding Fish, and of making Fish-ponds, tovci S ADDED'' THE COMPLETE FLY-FISHER; Prognoftics of the Weather, independent of the Barometer. BY THOMAS BEST. As in fucceffive courfe the feafons roll, And arm himself with ev'ry wat'ry fnare; His hooks, his lines perufe, with careful eye, GAY. The Third Edition, corrected and improved. LONDON: Printed for B. CROSBY, No. 4, Stationers' Court, Ludgate Street, ICHTHYOLOGY, or a defcription of fifhes, and the various Methods for taking them by the art of angling, has been treated on by many excellent authors, and in a very scientific manner: but, in general, their works abound with fo much prolixity and tautology, that although they may benefit the young angler, yet they burthen his memory, and lead him into an inextricable labyrinth. In the following Treatise, which is founded on actual experience, and with compilations from the best authors who have written on that fubject, I have carefully avoided making any unneceffary repetitions, A 2 |