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Happy the Fifher, when in fportive Hours 

 No Droughrs prevent hiniy nor intemp'rate 



Show'rs ; 

 When mildeft Zephyrs thro* the JEtherflyj 

 Or South-W indsfpread their Fleeces o*er theSky \ 

 mile varied Sun-fhine, and alternate Rains, 

 temper the Streams^ and verdure all the Plains : 

 The Fifh rife eager at the floating Bait, 

 Or fink the Cork with their entangled Weight, 

 But warn /^'unpradlis'd Angler not to ply 

 In Shallows then, amid the fwarming Fry j 

 Left haply they on the hid Ruin feed^ 

 And of their Tribes prevent the future Breed. 



CHAP. III. 



Of the principal Rivers in England, and par- 

 ticularly of the Thames. 



TH E Rivers in England are faid by Dr. 

 Heylin to be 325, though others in- 

 creafe their Number to 450, It would be fu- 

 perfluous here to treat particularly of their 

 Diverfities, their Situations, their Diftance and 

 Remotenefs from each other, their Nearnefs 

 or Vicinity to the Sea, the Qualities of their 

 Water, and the various Species of Fiflies they 

 contain. Thofe that have a more immediate 

 Intercourfe with the Ocean, participate of its 

 Influences, and have the fame Viciffitudes, the 

 fame Fluxes and Refluxes, the fame fait Wa- 

 ter, and the fame Sort of Fifli which frequent 

 the Seas where they difembogue themfelves. 

 N4 the 



