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trimmers were examined in the morning, both Eels 

 and Jack have been taken by the hooks baited with 

 any other Fish but the Tench, which I fomid as lively 

 as when put in the river the preceding night, without 

 ever having been disturbed : this has invariably been 

 the case during my experience 5 neither have I met 

 with even one solitary instance to the contrary relat-, 

 ed by any of my acquaintance, who had numerous 

 opportunities of noticing the singular circumstances 

 of the perfect freedom of death or wounds, which 

 the Tench enjoys over every other inhabitant of the 

 liquid element, arising from the continual conflicts 

 among each other. Tench generally spawn in 

 June : they are seldom caught so large as to weigh five 

 pounds. 



The Carp. 



The yellow Carp, with scales bedropp'd with gold. 

 The Carp is a beautiful Fish, and much prized by 

 many for the richness of its juices and blood. They 



