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tious to come by, if the angler be industrious but 

 to bring him a bait that he likes, and that is but 

 reasonable. Present him with a lob- worm, he'll 

 retaliate your courtesy ; or in exchange, a depu- 

 rated dew-worm, he'll not be ungrateful, for he 

 loves variety of all sorts of worms, the tag or ta- 

 gil, besides bradlins and gild-tails, which will at 

 any time intice him to die for what he loves ; 

 for you must know he's a fish so fond of a worm, 

 that he'll go to the banquet tho he die at the 

 board. 



He that intends the flounder to surprize, 

 Must rise betimes, and fish before sun-rise. 

 But if the sluggard cannot rise so early, 

 Let him nod on, perhaps at noon he'll parly. 



EEL, OR CONGER. 



The eel insinuates himself into all sorts of wa- 

 ters, and can live in a stream, or without it ; in 

 the deepest pit, or the shallowest rivulet ; in 

 dirty muddy ditches, and silty owsy bottoms ; 

 or in rocky cavities in any rivers, wetting his 

 fins sometimes with the ocean. Now some are 

 conceited that eels are insects, and content not 

 themselves with the law of germination : And 

 if so, then it seems that nature was more unac- 

 tive about the race of eels, than other animals 



