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first a gravellin, then salmon peale, then pug, finally 
salmon. E 
I might finally tell you how in fennie rivers sides, Eels. 
if you cut a turf and place it grass downward on the 
earth, so that the water may touch it as it goes past, 
you shall have a brood of eels. It would seem a 
wonder, and yet it is believed by some, that if you 
lay a horsehair in a pail of the like water, it will 
shortly stir and become a living creature. 
Sea Fish. 
All have particular season, few fish being in season Soles. 
all the year round. 
December and F¥anuary is the season for herring and Seasons of 
rea fish, rochetand gurnard, February and March for ai 
plaice, trout, turbot, mussels, etc. In April and May, 
mackerel and cockles. In Fune and Fuly, conger. In 
August and September, haddock and herring doth most 
abound. 
Of fishes, therefore, I find jive sorts, the flat, the Five sorts 
round, the long, the legged and shelled; so the flat ee 
are divided into the smooth, scaled and tailed. Of 
the first are the plaice, the but, the turbot, vict floke First. 
or sea flounder, dory, dab, etc. Of the second, the Second 
soles. Of the ¢hivd our chaits, maidens, kingsons, Third, 
flath and thornbark ; whereof the greater be for the 
most part either dried and carried into other countries, 
or sodden, sold and eaten at home; while the lesser 
be fried or buttered soon after they be taken as a 
provision, not to be kept long for fear of putrifaction. 
Under the round kinds are comprehended lumps ; Fourth. 
an ugly fish to sight but very delicate eating. The Paps 
whiting, the rochet, sea breame, pirle(?), hake, sea-trout, 
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