Ghap. 6. Of the TENCH 193 



Xhey feel their Scales with ftiff*ning Cold con- 



fin'd^ 

 jind languljh faint ivithin their Icy Rhind : 

 Tet does the hardy Tench fecurely dwcU^ 

 Envelop" d fafl in her cold frozen Shell, 



CHAP. VIL 

 Of the TENCH, 



TH E Tench is efteemed the Phyftcian of 

 the Finny Race. He deh'ghts in (land- 

 ing Waters, and therefore loves Ponds better 

 than Rivers, and prefers Pits to them both. 

 There is a River, however, in Dorfetjhire^ 

 that abounds with 'Tench % but they are fuppof- 

 ed to retire to the moft deep and quiet Places 

 about it. 



This Fifli hath very large Fins, very fniall 

 and fmooth Scales, a red Circle about his Eyes, 

 which are big and of a Gold Colour ; and 

 from either Angle of his Mouth there hangs 

 a little Barb. In every T'ench's Head there are 

 two little Stones, which foreign Phyficians, 

 lays Mr. Walton^ make great ufe of: But he 

 is not commended for wholfome Meat, tho' 

 there be very much Ufe made of him for out- 

 ward Applications. 



It is of the Pi^^efpccialJy, that the l^ench is 

 laid to be the Phyfician •, and that the Pikcy 

 being either Tick or hurt, is cured by touch- 

 ing him. But this Fifh, that carries a natural 

 Balfam in him to cure both himfelf and others, 

 y^t loves to feed in very foul Water, and a- 

 K mongft 



