MAXIMS AND HINTS
ON
ANGLING, CHESS, SHOOTING,
AND
OTHER MATTERS;
ALSO,
MISERIES OF FISHING.
With Wood-Cuts.


BY
RICHARD PENN, Esq., F.R.S.

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A NEW EDITION, ENLARGED.
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LONDON:
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.
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MDCCCXLII.
LONDON:
Printed by William Clowes and Sons,
Stamford Street.
CONTENTS
Maxims and Hints for an Angler1
Miseries of Fishing25
Maxims and Hints for a Chess Player55
Maxims and Hints on Shooting and Other Matters     81
THE FOLLOWING EXTRACTS

FROM THE
Common-Place-Book
OF THE
HOUGHTON FISHING CLUB
ARE RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED
TO HIS
BROTHER ANGLERS
BY A
MEMBER OF THE CLUB.
London,
March, 1833.
[1]
MAXIMS AND HINTS
FOR
AN ANGLER.
[2]
"You see the ways the fisherman doth take
"To catch the fish; what engines doth he make?
"Behold! how he engageth all his wits,
"Also his snares, lines, angles, hooks, and nets:
"Yet fish there be, that neither hook nor line,
"Nor snare, nor net, nor engine can make thine;
"They must be groped for, and be tickled too,
"Or they will not be catch'd, whate'er you do."
John Bunyan
[3]
MAXIMS AND HINTS

FOR

AN ANGLER:

BY

A BUNGLER.
[Loosely thrown out, in order to provoke contradiction,and elicit truth from the expert.]


I.
Are there any fish in the river to which youare going?

II.
Having settled the above question in theaffirmative, get some person who knows thewater to show you whereabout the fish usuallylie; and when he shows them to you, do notshow yourself to them.[4]

III.
Comparatively coarse fishing will succeedbetter when you are not seen by the fish,than the finest when they see you.

IV.
Do not imagine that, because a fish does                        
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