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the Morning find it near fome fixed Place, 

 and take it up with a Drag-hook, or other- 

 wife. 



Ee]s2cct always in Seafon, and very good ; 

 but their befl: Time is in Winter, and their 

 worft in May, They have a very fweet FJefh, 

 fat, white, pleafant, and nourifhing. They 

 are bed roafted and broiled *, or firft par- 

 boiled in Salt and Water, and then roafted or 

 broiled, which makes them very tender. 



The Rivers Slower m Dorfet/hire^ Ankam in 

 Lincolnjhire^ and Irk in hancajhire^ are fam*d 

 by their refpcdtive Neighbours for very excel- 

 lent Eels, And our ingenious Mr. Pope has 

 celebrated the River Rennet in Berk/hire on 

 the fame account, in his Windfor For eft, 



ihe Kennet fwift^ for fiher Eels renowned. 



In Rumfey-Mere in Huniingtonfhire^ there 

 are Store of Eels and large F'lkes^ which they 

 there call Hageis. But Cambridge/hire fanfies 

 file has the moll and beft Eels^ if you credit 

 the Natives. The Severn in IVorcefterfmre 

 breeds and feeds fuch a Number of frefh Wa- 

 ter Lampreys^ as if Nature had there ftored a 

 Pond with them. Thefe Fifli are \)kzEehy 

 flippery and blackifh, but beneath on their 

 Bellies fomewhat blue. At either Side of their 

 Throat they receive and let in frefh Water at 

 feven Holes, becaufe they want Gills. They 

 are bed in the Spring-time, being then very 

 fweet : For in the Summer the inner Nerve 

 La o^ 



