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JULY 27. St. Pantaleon, martyr, a.d. 303. 



SS. Maximian, Malches, Martinian, Dionysius, 

 John, Serapion, and Constantine martyrs, 250. 



St. Congall, abbot in Ireland. 



St. Luican, confessor in Ireland. 



06s. St, Pantaleon was a physician to the Emperor Galerius 

 Maximianus, and a Christian ; but, often hearing the false maxims 

 of the world applauded, was unhappily seduced into apostacy, but 

 he expiated his crime by martyrdom ; after suffering many torments, 

 he was beheaded with other saints in 303. 



Purple Loosestrife Lithrum salicaria fullest fl. 

 Love lies Bleeding Ainaranthus caudatus A. 



The weather is now usually very warm, and the fisherman seeks 

 the shade of some old tree overhanging a purling stream, or gets 

 beneath the cool arch of some massy stone bridge, to pursue his 

 favourite sport. The Dutch are very fond of fishing, and the still- 

 ness of it suits their quiet dispositions. 



Summer fishing being now in perfection, we may briefly enume- 

 rate the sorts of fishes now commonly in season. Ihe Trout Sabno 

 fario is now abundantly caught in shallow gravellv streams, or those 

 which have a rugged rocky bed ■. this fish may be seen playing in 

 the clearest water among the stones and rocks. The Pearch Perca 

 Jiwviatilis must be sought for in somewhat deeper places, and is 

 sometimes caught in floatfishing with globules of paste made of new 

 bread and sugar. The same bait will catch the Roach Ciiprinus 

 rutilus, distinguishable by his red gills, if we fish rather below mid- 

 water, and is frequently found in abundance in the deep holes of 

 some streams which are not very clear: we have caught Roach in 

 abundance in the streams of the Medway near Witliyara in this 

 month. In similar situations may be found the Dace Cijprinus 

 lentiscus, known by its more silvery whiteness, but it is more shy of 

 biting. The Chub Cyprinus Jeses is found in deep holes in rivers, 

 and will take a large bait of paste. That beautiful fish the Bleak 

 is also caught now in the streams, and, like the Roach, plays about 

 below midwatpr at the posts of bridges and in the sides of the stream 

 near the reeds, occasionally rising playfully to the surface : a 

 southerly wind and sprinkling of rain greatly increases the disposi- 

 tion in the above fish to bite. We may enumerate lastlv the 

 Gudgeon Cyprinus Gobio ; also the Miller'sThumb and Stickleback, 

 In ponds, the Carp Cyprinus Carpio and the Tench Cyprinus Tinea 

 are now easily taken ; as are Eels in ponds and ditches. 



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