parents like themfelves, which mud fa- 

 tisfy you that although the feafon of 

 their propagation is not yet ascertained, 

 that is not a reafon fufficient to deny 

 the exiftence of it. In rivers the eel 

 bites moft freely when the water is dif- 

 colored, and requires flrong tackle. 



FLOUNDER. 



PASSER TLUVIATILIS. A well known 

 broad, flat fifli, found in all the rivers 

 that have an immediate communication 

 with the fea ; feldom exceeds three 

 pounds weight, are without fcales, their 

 flefh firm and much e deemed ; fpawn 

 in May, and fwim in fhoals ; bite 

 freely at all hours of the day, but par- 

 ticularly fo on the rife of the water, 

 taking any finall worm that is call for 

 *hem near the bottom. 



Flounders are profitable fifh to dock 

 -ponds with, as they foon grow fat, and 

 will live many hours out of the water, 

 confcquently may be carried to a great 



diftance 



