ado r^^ BRITISH ANGLE R.P.III. 



K great Fifh bites more calmly and mode- 

 rately than ^fmall one \ for thefe latter fnatch 

 and run away with the Bait, without any 

 Care or Deliberation. So an old Fifh that 

 hath been pricked in the Gills or Guts, is very 

 cautious in making a fecond Adventure. 



There are manyCircumftances that conduce 

 much to the feeding of Pikes^ Perch, Chuh^ 

 Carpy Roacby Dace, and B'reatn ; as particiv 

 Jarly, Conveniency of Harbour ^ for they that 

 lie among Weeds and foggy Places, prove the 

 fattefV, though not always rhe fweetefl : They 

 are there fecure from the Aflauks and Diilur- 

 bance of Enemies, and enjoy a more fafe and 

 contented Repcfe : Reft and Quietnefs being 

 as natural and helpful to their feeding as to 

 other Creatures. Alfo, fome Waters may be 

 more nourilhing than others ; for a thick Sort 

 of Water, if it be not foul and muddy, is of 

 a better Confillency, and the Parts better dif- 

 pofed and qualified for Nutrition, than thofe 

 of a more thin and rarified Subflance. No 

 Element that is pure, and without Mixture, is 

 well adapted for nourifhing : Neither can 

 Filhlive by pure Water, Refpiration, or fuck- 

 ing in thofe (lender Particles of his beloved 

 Element only, without the Concurrence and 

 Afiiftance of fome groffer and terrene Quali- 

 ties, which are intermingled with thofe liquid 

 Bodies. 



Having mentioned, in my Introdu5liony 

 the great Ravages which Fifh areexpofed to> 

 as well from their own Kind, as from Birds, 



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