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The Bkdkfmall Flies upon the Surface takes ^ 

 And feldom the leaft Hefitation makes. 

 With an ohferving Eye^ and curious Hand^ 

 In little Time you Numbers 7nay command, 



CHAP. XVII. 



OJ the Minnow or Penk, /Z^d- Loach, the Bull- 

 head or Milkr's-thunib, and the Stickle- 

 bag. 



THERE are in our fredi Waters three 

 or four other Sorts of little Fifh^s,which, 

 cho' for their Minutenefs they may be hardly 

 thought worth mentioning, mayfome of them, 

 for the Delicacy of their FleHi, be compared 

 with any ofthe larger Species. They are ufa* 

 alJy full of Spawn all the Summer Months, 

 and breed often, like fomx of the fmaller Sorts 

 of Ql^adrupedes ; and when the. Eggs are thus 

 animated, they foonarrive to th^ir full Growth 

 and Perfe6lion. It is 'providential that they 

 breed both often and numeroufly \ for befides 

 other Accidents, they are both a Prey and 

 Bait for other Fifh. 



Tht Minnov) ^ when in perfe6i: Seafon, and 

 not fick, which is only prefently after Spawn- 

 ing, has a kind of dappled or waved Colour, 

 like a Panther, on his Sides, inclining to a 

 greenidi and sky Colour •, his Belly being 

 milk-white, and his Back almoft black or 

 blackifli. He is a fharp Biter at a fmall 

 Worm, and in hot Weather makes excellent 



Sport 



