3CO r/j^ B R I T I S H A N G L E R.P.III. 



to thruft your Net clofe to the Side of the 

 Rock, under a Part of thofe Weeds ; and then 

 take it up, and turn out what you have taken 

 into a Pail or little Tub. 



I conclude this Treatife of Angling with turn- 

 ing xkitReader's Meditation into the fame Chan- 

 nej to which I firft direded it ; the Providence 

 of Him^ at whofe Command, for the Ufe and 

 Advantage oi Mankind , 



Forthwith the Sounds and Seas, each Creek 

 and Bay, 

 JFith^ Fry innumerable fwann^ and Shoals 

 Of Fifli, that with their Fins and Jhining Scales 

 Glide under the green Wave, in Sculls that off 

 Bank the Mid-fea, Part fingle, or with Mate 

 Gr^ze the Sea- weed, their Pajlure^ and thro' 



Groves 

 Of Cora] ft ray ; crfporting with quick Glance, 

 Shew to the Sun their wavM Coats dropped with 



Gold: 

 Or, in /te> pearly Shells, at Eafe attend 

 Moifi Nutri?nent ; or under Rocks their Pood 

 In jointed Armour watch. On fmooth the Seal 

 And bended Dolphins/;^ ; Part, huge ^/Bulk, 

 Wallowing, unwieldy, enor?nous in their Gait, 

 ■^empeft the Ocean : There Leviathan, 

 Hugeft of living Creatures^ on the Deep, 

 Stretch d like a Promontory^ fteeps orfwims 

 Andfeems a moving Lake ; ayid at his Gills 

 Draws in, and at his Trunk Jpouts out a Sea. 



Milton. 

 End of the Third Part. 



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