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Tet curling Billows /bould afjlft the Cheat j 

 ^iick-fightedelfe^ he fiuns the fatal Bait : 

 And clear the Current be^ or elfe he feeds 

 Low on the Gravely or the wajling Weeds ^ 

 Lefs nice at Bottom^ he devouring rovesy 

 And boldly rufhes^ as he boldly loves. 

 The Lob-v^ ovmfcour''d at trails him all the Tear*, 

 But ah I defifi when f pawning Time is near. 

 The Minnows too his Rage not rarely feel ; 

 Try thofe ; and^ if you cany procure the Reel, 

 Which freely of itfelf emits the Line, 

 Needfully long, and yet fecurely fine. 

 ATrov^\fo7ne ufe^ andfome the ^o^ prefer i 

 They both are ufeful^ both deferve your Care. 



C H A P. IL 

 Of the TROUT. 



H E Trout is a generous Fifh, and in the 

 higheft Efleem. He is the Venifon of 

 the Waters, and fo like the Land Venifon, that 

 he comes in and goes out of Seafon with the 

 Stag and Buck He feeds clean, is in the 

 fwifteft Screams, or on the hardeft Gravel ; 

 and may juftly contend with all Frefh-water- 

 fidi, as the Mullet may with all Sea-fifh, for 

 Delicacy of Tafte. And as there are fome 

 barren Does, which are good in Summer, fo 

 are there barren Trout s that are good in Win- 

 ter ; but there are not many of thefe •, Trouts 

 being in Perfedion in the Month of May^ 

 and declining with the Buck. In the Leman 



Lake 



