The art of angling By R. Brookes, M.D. In two parts. I. Contains an Account of Fish and Fish-Ponds-A new Art of Fly-Making-The Laws that concern Angling-The secret Ways of catching Fish by Ointments, Pastes, and other Arts-Directions how to procure Baits and for making Fishing-Tackle, with the surest Method of finding Sport, &c. &c. II. The various Methods of Rock and Sea Fishing; together with an Account of the Cod and Whale Fisheries. - Likewise a Natural History of the Salt-Water; particularly-of those extraordinary Productions of the Sea; the Hermit, the Flying Fish, the Sea Devil, the Turtle, the Shark, the Whale, &c. &c. Illustrated with one hundred and thirty-five cuts, With One Hundred and Thirty-Five Cuts, Of the different Kinds of Fish that are found in fresh or salt Waters. The whole forming a sportsman's magazine; And comprising all that is curious and valuable in the Art Of Angling

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Brookes, Richard
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London printed for W. Lowndes, No. 77, Fleet-Street 1789, M.DCC.LXXXIX. [1789]
Edition:	The seventh edition, with a great number of interesting additions
Subjects:	Fishing
Online Access:	http://nl.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/0423800300?orig...
Collection:	Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa