Ghap. i8. Of tbeF LOUISA DE R,&V, 243 



Flook or Flounders are firm and good Fifh ; 

 fo innocent in their Nature, and fo nutritive, 

 that Phyficians order them to be given to ficlc 

 Perfons, when their Stomachs cannot digeft 

 any other Food. On fuch Occafions., thofe 

 which frequent and are taken in the frefh Wa- 

 ter Rivers, are efleemed befl. They are in 

 Seafon all the Year, except the Time of their 

 Spawning, which is from the latter End of 

 June to the Middle of July ; and then they 

 are fick, flabby, and unwholfome. At fuch 

 a Junflure, if any of them be taken, you may 

 perceive fmall Worms about the Length of half 

 an Inch, and in fome the Length of an Inch, 

 which have made a Bed for themfelves in the 

 Backs oftheFiHi. 



Flounders area ihy and wary Fifh, and feed 

 at Bottom : Their common and niofl delight- 

 ful Places of Refort, are the Sides of Sand- 

 banks, caft up by Mill-flreams or Weirs, or 

 by Ilrong Eddies. Sometimes they are found 

 at the Tail of Mill-flreams, or at a more re- 

 mote Diflance from them, in deep Waters, 

 under or clofeto the Bank-Sides, efpecially if 

 the Bottom be Sand or Gravel, and has a De- 

 clivity. If you find a Hole in a River, which 

 looks ever fo likely, and there is Mud at the 

 Bottom, it will be loft Labour to angle there- 

 in j for the leafl Mud or Filth choaks Floun- 

 ders. 



As they are greedy and voracious, they will 



bite at any Red-worm : But the hohworm^ as 



it is the largefl, will entice them foonefl, pro- 



M 2. vided 



