241 The BRITISH ANGLER.P.Il. 



I might have referved the Ruff or Pope to 

 be fpoken of in this Chapter, had not Cuftom 

 prevailed to the contrary : For though there 

 are Ruffs found in many other Rivers, none 

 are equal to thofe of the Tare in Norfolk, The 

 fame Thing is obferved of Lampreys^ which 

 in the Severn excel thofe of the '^/haines^ and 

 every other River : And th^Mullet, (a Sea-Fifli 

 to be fpoken of in the next Chapter) when he 

 Jeaves the fait Water, is very nice in his 

 Choice of frelh. Alfo the Grayling, before 

 defcribed, is no where fo plenty as in the 

 Dove in Derhyjhlre. But I have done with a 

 Subjedt that can be of fo little Ufe to the Ang- 

 Jer, who need only remember. That, 



5^<? Char and Guiniad never change their 

 Shires, 

 But live in Winander and Pemble Meres. 



CHAP. XIX. 



Of Flounders, Mullets, and Smelts. 



I Come now to certain Species of Fifh^which, 

 though bred in the Sea, and properly In- 

 habitants of the fait Water, are yet frequently 

 taken in our Rivers, efpecially in fome of 

 them : And thefe are principally Flounders, 

 Mullets y and Smelts, 



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