132 rZ^^ BRITISH ANGLER.P.II. 



HerCy when the labouring Fifh does at the Foot 



arrive^ 

 And finds that by his Strength he does hut vainly 



ftrivey 

 'His Tail takes in his Mouthy and bending like a 



Bow 

 nafs to full Compafs drawn^ aloft himfelf doth 



throw •, 

 nen fpringtng at his Height ^ as doth a little 



Wand^ 

 "that bended End to End^ andj art ed from Man^s 



Hand^ 

 Far off ttfelf doth caft \ fo does tU Salmofi- 



vault \ 

 And if at fir jl he fail ^ his y^^^;/^ Summer-fault 

 He infiantly effaySy and from his nimble Ringy 

 All yer king y never leaves ^ until himfelf he fling 

 Above th^ oppfing Stream, 



It has been obferved by Foreigners, that 

 there is no better Salmon than in England ; and 

 that though fome of our Northern Countries 

 have as far and as large as the River Thames y 

 yet none are of fo exquifite a Tafte. 



As the Age of a Salmon exceeds not t^n 

 Years, fo his Growth is very fudden. It is 

 faid, that after he is got into the Sea, he be- 

 comes, from a Sainlet not fo big as a Gudgeon^ 

 to be a Salmon^ in as fhort a Time as a GoQing 

 becomes a Goofe. This has been obferved by 

 tying a Ribband, or fome known Piece of 

 Tape or Thread, into the Tail of fome young 

 Salmons^ which have been taken in Weirs as 



they 



