i86 2^^BRITISH ANGLER.P.ir. 



Reign of King Henry VIII. To which this an* 

 tient Diftich agrees : 



Hops and Tuykies^ Carps and Beer^ 

 Came into England all in a Tear, 



As of Sea-fifh the Herring dies foonefl: out 



of the Water, and of frefh Water Fifli the 



J'rout ; fo the Carp^ next to the Eel^ endures 



the moft Severity, (exept Cold) and lives longeft 



cut of his own Element. 



Carps and Loaches are obferv.ed to breed 

 feveral Months in the Year, contrary to the 

 Cuftom of other Fifh. You fhall fcarce ever 

 take a Male Carp without a Melt, or a Female 

 without a Roe or Spawn, and generally pretty 

 large, efpecially in the Summer Scafon. They 

 breed more naturally in Ponds than in running 

 Waters •, but thofc that live in Rivers are 

 taken to be much che belter Meat. There arc 

 fome Ponds indeed, in which Carps will not 

 breed, efpecially thofe that are cold ; but where 

 the Situation fuits, they multiply innumerably. 

 Some affirm, they breed no lefs than fix Times 

 in a Year, if there are no Pikes nor Perch to 

 devour their Spawn. They caft it upon Grafs, 

 or Flags, or Weeds, where it lies ten or twelve 

 Days before it be enlivened. 



If the Carp have Water- Room and good 

 Feed, he will grow to a very great Bignefs 

 and Length : There have been fome feen con- 

 fiderabiy above a Yard long : And in the 

 Lake I.urian m Italy y it is reported Carps 



have 



