Ghap. 5. 0//,^^ PERCH 185 



Deep Pits he loves too ; hut you rareliefl fail 

 Where whirling Eddies rapidly prevail : 

 Tet foon in April, after /pawning Hours^ 

 He haunts^ and freely bites upon the Scours. 

 But large your Float mujl hey your Tackle 



flrong ; 

 Nor Jhould you think his flow Digeftion long : 

 For, if he bite, his Prize he will not leave^ 

 Too greedy 7?iuch the Angler to deceive, 

 Nice he is not ; hut feldom can you fail. 

 With Minnow, Lob -worm, or the blewilli 



Tail: 

 Nay, Roach, or Dace in little Pieces cut^ 

 And on the Hook with careful Safety puty 

 Have after various Trial /laughter d morey 

 Than all the long Preparatives hefore. 

 Nor eft' with Perch alone this Art is hle/l-y *\ 

 For Pike and Chub have flrenucu/ly pre/i \ 

 Tofeize the favoury Bit before the reji, ^ 



C H A P. VI. 

 Of the CARP. 



BESIDES the k\ng\y Sahrion and Ty- 

 rantPi/^^, we have the Carp, a beautiful, 

 good, and very fubtle Filh, which has 'the 

 Title of ^ieen of the Rivers. The Carp was 

 not at firft bred, but has now been long in 

 Englandy and is become naturalized. One Mr. 

 Mafcaly a Gentlemen of Plum/led in SuffeXy is 

 iaid to have firft brought them over' in the 



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