142 ne BRITISH ANGLER. P.IL 

 The Trout grows more faddenly than any 

 other Fifh. He lives not fo long as the Penh^ 

 and divers other Inhabitants of the Rivers. 

 After he is come to his full Growth, he de- 

 clines in his Body, and keeps his Bignefs, or 

 thrives, only in his Head till his Death. A- 

 bout the Time of his Spawning, he will get al- 

 mofl: miraculoufly through J^^eirs and Flood- 

 gates^ againft the Stream ; and through fuch 

 high and fwift Places as are almoll incredible. 

 He ufually fpawns about O^ober or November^ 

 but in fome Rivers a little fooner or later : 

 Which is the more obfervable, becaufe moft o- 

 therFifli fpawn in the Spring or Summerjwhen 

 the Sun hath warmed both the Earth and Wa- 

 a|r, and made it fit for Generation. He then 

 continues many Months out of Seafon : So that 

 moll other Fifhes recover Strength, and grow 

 fac and in Seafon fooner than the Trout, 



Till the Sun gets to fuch a Height as to re- 

 vive all Nature, this Fifli continues Tick, lean, 

 and unwholfome : You fliall find him with a 

 big Head, and a very lank and thin Body. Ac 

 the fame Time many of them are infefted with 

 Sugs or Trout-lice^ which is a kind of Worm, 

 in Shape like a Clove, or Pin with a big Head, 

 and flicks clofe to the Flefh, and fucks his 

 Moifture. The Trout never thrives till he frees 

 himfelf from them, which is when warm Wea- 

 ther comes on ; and then, as he recovers 

 Strength, he gets from the dead flill Water, in- 

 to the fharp Streams and Gravel, and there 

 rubs off thefe Vermin. After which, as he 



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