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the watch for any fly or minnow that comes near to 

 him ; and he especially loves the May-fly, which is 

 bred of the cod-worm, or cadis; and these make 

 the Trout bold and lusty, and he is usually fatter 

 and better meat at the end of that month than at 

 any time of the year. 



Now you are to know that it is observed, that 

 usually tne best Trouts are either red or yellow ; 

 though some, as the Fordidge Trout, be white and 

 yet good ; but that is not usual : and it is a note 

 observable, that the female Trout hath usually a less 

 head, and a deeper body than the male Trout, and 

 is usually the better meat. And note, that a hog 

 back and a little head, to either Trout, Salmon or 

 any other fish, is a sign that that fish is in season. 



But yet you are to note, that as you see some 

 willows or palm-trees bud and blossom sooner than 

 others do, so some Trouts be, in rivers, sooner in 

 season : and as some hollies, or oaks, are longer 

 before they cast their leaves, so are some Trouts, in 

 rivers, longer before they go out of season. 



And you are to note, that there are several kinds 

 of Trouts : but these several kinds are not con- 

 sidered but by very few men ; for they go under the 

 general name of Trouts ; just as pigeons do, in most 

 places ; though it is certain, there are tame and 

 wild pigeons ; and of the tame, there be helmits and 

 runts, and carriers and cropers, and indeed too 

 many to name. Nay, the Royal Society have found 

 and published lately, that there be thirty and three 

 kinds of spiders ; arid yet all, for aught I know, go 

 under that one general name of spider. And it is 

 so with many kinds of fish, and of Trouts especially ; 

 which differ in their bigness, and shape, and spots, 

 and colour. The great Kentish hens may be an 

 instance, compared to other hens : and, doubtless, 

 there is a kind of small Trout, which will never 

 



