Chap. !• "The Praaice of Angling. 2^g 

 When you angle for Perch^ Chub, Tench, 

 Carp, Dacey Bream, Gudgeon, ^nd Ruff, 

 and have hooked one who after makes his Ef- 

 cape, you will not often have any great Sport 

 at that Standing for one or two Hours after 

 fuch Misfortune, becaufe the Fifli is fo fright- 

 ed, that he chafes his Companions out of that 

 Place. Therefore after fome Trial, it is beil 

 to remove, and angle at fome other Standing. 

 All Fifli are of a cold and moift Tempera- 

 ture-, but fome of the fame Species exceed 

 others in Goodnefs, according to the Nature 

 of the Water, and Places wherein they live. 

 Sea-Fiflo are accounted better than thofe in 

 frefh Water, as being more fivoury, and of a 

 firmer Subftance, hotter and drier, and not fo 

 vifcous, clammy, and Himy, as the frefh Wa- 

 ter Fifh. Of Sea-Fifh, thofe that have Scales 

 and firm Subflances, are beft, and fuch as are 

 inclofed in Shells, as Oillers, Lobfters, and 

 Crabs. Fifh that live in Pure Water tofied 

 to and fro with Waves, are better than thofe 

 th:it live in calm and muddy Waters, that are 

 little agitated •, and thofe that live near fandy 

 rocky Shores, are better than where there is 

 much Slime and Mud. But Fifli are gvne- 

 rally the fittell, though not the fweeteft, that 

 are fed in muddy, weedy Rivers. 



When you angle for any Sort of Fifh, be 

 fare that That Fifh be then in Seafon : Fife 

 your Labour is intirely loft ; for Fifli out of 

 Sealbn are the worft Sort of Meat. 



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