{"product_id":"2940013196728","title":"MAXIMS AND HINTS ON ANGLING, CHESS, SHOOTING, AND OTHER MATTERS","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Maxims and Hints for an Angler                     1\u003cbr\u003e  Miseries of Fishing                               25\u003cbr\u003e  Maxims and Hints for a Chess Player               55\u003cbr\u003e  Maxims and Hints on Shooting and Other Matters    81\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE FOLLOWING EXTRACTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFROM THE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCommon-Place-Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOF THE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHOUGHTON FISHING CLUB\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eARE RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTO HIS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBROTHER ANGLERS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBY A\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMEMBER OF THE CLUB.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          LONDON,\u003cbr\u003e        _March, 1833._\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMAXIMS AND HINTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFOR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAN ANGLER.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e        \"You see the ways the fisherman doth take\u003cbr\u003e        \"To catch the fish; what engines doth he make?\u003cbr\u003e        \"Behold! how he engageth all his wits,\u003cbr\u003e        \"Also his snares, lines, angles, hooks, and nets:\u003cbr\u003e        \"Yet fish there be, that neither hook nor line,\u003cbr\u003e        \"Nor snare, nor net, nor engine can make thine;\u003cbr\u003e        \"They must be groped for, and be tickled too,\u003cbr\u003e        \"Or they will not be catch'd, whate'er you do.\"\u003cbr\u003e                                            JOHN BUNYAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMAXIMS AND HINTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFOR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAN ANGLER:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA BUNGLER.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Loosely thrown out, in order to provoke contradiction, and elicit truth\u003cbr\u003efrom the expert.]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eARE there any fish in the river to which you are going?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eII.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHaving settled the above question in the affirmative, get some person\u003cbr\u003ewho knows the water to show you whereabout the fish usually lie; and\u003cbr\u003ewhen he shows them to you, do not show yourself to them.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47147555389680,"sku":"2940013196728","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013196728_p0.jpg?v=1763578217","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013196728","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}