I40 7Z»^BRITISH ANGLER. P.II. 



Lake, or the Lake of Geneva^therQ are Trouis of 

 three Cubits long •, and the 7r^«/i of this Lake 

 are a great Part of the Merchandize of that 

 famous City. There are other Waters that 

 breed Trouts remarkably fmall, but in great 

 Number ; particularly a little Brook in Ke?i^ 

 produces them to a Number incredible, and 

 you may take them twenty or thirty in an 

 Hour, but none larger than about the Size oi 

 a Gudgem. There are alfo Rivers, efpecially 

 near to the Sea, that fwarm with a little Trouty 

 called a Samlet ov Skegger "Treaty that v/ill bite 

 as faft and as freely as Muinovjs, Thefe by 

 fome are falfly taken for young Salmons^ but 

 they never grow to be bigger than a Herring. 

 • In Kent^ near Canterbury^ there is a ^rout 

 call'd a Fordidge ^rout^ from the Name of the 

 Town where ft is ufually caught, which is 

 efleemed the choiceft of Fifh. Many of them 

 are near the Bignefs of a Salmon^ but known 

 by their different Colour. In their beft Seafon 

 they cut very white. Scarcely any of thefe 

 have been known to be caught with an Angle, 

 and when one of them has been taken, it was 

 thought that he bit not for Hunger, but rather 

 in Sport. Many have been fo curious as to 

 fearch into the Bellies of thefe Fifh, to know 

 what the Food was by which they lived •, but 

 have found nothing that might fatisfy their 

 Curiofity. 



It has been reported that Grafshoppcrs and 

 fome Fifh have no Nfeuths, but take in Breath 

 and Nourifhment thro' their Gills : That 



they 



