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perek Bait for them is a fmall Gudgton •, and 

 when they are large, they afford good Sport. 

 Some advife to angle for the common Eel 

 upon the Grabble, with Lobworm^ Minnow, 

 or Gudgeon^ and fometimes you may have 

 Sport after a Shower : But as this is not fre- 

 quently pradifed, I fhall not take any farther 

 notice of the Methods of taking them here 

 mentioned. 



ne Jlitny Eel hut little Sport can make. 

 Beyond what School -hoy 5 find in TFhip and Snake » 

 Tet after Thunder Show'rs your Fortune try, 

 With Lobworms, andfirong Lines a large ^ 



Supply, 

 And while your Stock endures^ you need not 

 fear the Fry. 



CHAR XII. 



Of the Roach and the Rud» 



TH E Roach is a coarfe bony Fifh, of 

 no great Reputation for his Tafte, and 

 his Spawn is accounted much better than any 

 other Part of him. As the Carp is called the 

 IVater-Fox,^ on Account of his Cunning, fo 

 the Roach is firnamed the Water-Sheepy for 

 his Simplicity. His Spawning-Time is in 

 June, when he is fcabby and unwholefome^ 

 But both he and the Bace recover Strength, 

 and grow in Seafon in a Fortnight after Spawn- 

 ing, as the Barhel and Chub ia a Month, the 

 L 4 ^rout 



