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tion, when a stronger than himself claims a right 

 of possession ; for when to consider the anti- 

 pathy in fish, as the secret animosity that lurks 

 under the flesh, it's no wonder that the great 

 ones eat up the little ones. And this our daily 

 experience, as a monitor, discovers unto us, the 

 antipathy and animosity fish have in the ocean ; 

 for antipathy will be antipathy as certainly as 

 sympathy is sympathy, notwithstanding the na- 

 ture of climat, constitution or element. 



Since, therefore, we have signified the resi- 

 dence of the carp, it's but requisite to proceed 

 to tell you what he loves ; and that is soon done, 

 if you cast but your eye on the blooming hau- 

 thorn ; for then your carp-angling begins to 

 commence, which terminates in August, as the 

 vulgar would have it : but this rule admits of 

 too many exceptions ; for all the summer- sea- 

 son, more especially in a dropping and moist 

 air, he bites without dispute, if he likes his com- 

 mons, and you but cautious enough to conceal 

 your self, who as rarely as any fish quarrels with 

 the fineness or coarseness of your tackle ; which 

 deserves a serious consideration, in as much as 

 neatness and fineness are requisite and necessary 

 accomplishments in any thing of art, more es- 

 pecially that of angling : and the bait to sur- 

 prize him is less difficult than any thing, be- 

 cause by every angler so generally understood ; 



